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Hilary of Galeata
Saint Hilary of Galeata (Italian: Sant'Ilaro or
Saint Hilary of Galeata
Sant'Ellero; 476 – 15 May 558)[1] is venerated as a saint in
the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. His feast day
is 15 May.[2]

Life
According to tradition, he was born in Tuscia in 476, and he
decided to dedicate himself to the life of a hermit at the age
of twelve. He left his home, and traveled across the
Apennines towards Emilia and chose a spot pointed out to
Hilary’s tomb
him by an angel, on a mountain in the valley of the Bidente
near the Ronco River.[1] At the age of twenty, he freed a Born 476
local nobleman, Olibrius, from a demon. In gratitude, Tuscia
Olibrius had his entire family christened by Hilary, and Died 15 May 558 (aged 81–
donated to the saint lands and money.[1] In addition, two of 82)
Olibrius’ sons joined Hilary in the religious life. Lugo
Venerated in Catholic Church
Around 496, then, this became the nucleus of the
monastery of Galeata, later called Sant'Ellero di Galeata.[3] Eastern Orthodox
The foundation attracted new recruits, and the monastery Church
followed a version of the rule of Saint Pachomius. Major shrine Monastery of
Numerous miracles are attributed to Hilary. Hilary Sant'Ellero, Galeata
transformed a grape into a serpent in order to teach a lazy Feast 15 May
monk named Glicerio a lesson.[1] Hilary also managed to
Patronage Lugo; Galeata; invoked
impress Theodoric, who had originally been harassing the
against backache
monks and who had been building a palace near Galeata,
into donating land and goods.[1]

Veneration
The author of Hilary’s Vita claims that he is a disciple and eyewitness to the events of the saint’s
life. Scholars have declared it to be written contemporaneously with the life of Hilary.[1] However,
as Giovanni Lucchesi has remarked, the Vita’s author followed the normal standards for writing
hagiographies in the Middle Ages, which called for the incorporation of miracles, the active
participation of angels and demons, and the addition of long, devout speeches and prayers in the
text.[1] In addition, Lucchesi points out that the story of Olibrius’ liberation from demonic
possession is a trope found in another hagiographies of the time (such as those associated with
Saints Apollonia, Gordian, Cyriacus, Epiphanius, Potitus, Abercius, Vitus, etc.).[1]

Hilary’s following was diffused across Tuscany and Romagna, especially in the dioceses of Arezzo,
Sarsina, Forlì, Bertinoro, Faenza, Imola, Modigliana, Fiesole, Florence and at the abbey of Farfa.[1]

In 1488 Sant'Ellero di Galeata became a Camaldolese monastery.[3]

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Hilary is the principal patron saint of Lugo, in the Diocese of Imola.[4]

References
1. Lucchesi, Giovanni (15 May 1961). "Sant' Ellero (Ilaro) di Galeata".
Enciclopedia dei santi (http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90470)
[Encyclopedia of Saints]. Instituto Giovanni XXIII nela Pontifica Università
lateranense. ISBN 9788831193474.
2. (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἱλάριος (http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3176/sxsa
intinfo.aspx). ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
Chair of Saint Hilary, in
3. "Patron Saints Index: Saint Hilary" (https://web.archive.org/web/2008052
3055819/http://saints.sqpn.com/sainth3p.htm). Archived from the original
the cell in which the
saint used to pray. The
(http://saints.sqpn.com/sainth3p.htm) on 23 May 2008.
chair was used by 4. Holweck, Frederick George. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints, B.
devotees of his cult to Herder, 1924, p. 484 (https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4UAAAAQA
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#v=onepage&q=Aberoh%20and%20Atom&f=false)

External links
Hilary of Galeata (https://web.archive.org/web/20080523055819/http://saints.sqpn.com/sainth3
p.htm)
Sant' Ellero (Ilaro) di Galeata (http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90470) (in Italian)

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