Pope Hilarius

Pope Saint Hilarius
Bishop of Rome
Pope Hilarius in the Nuremberg Chronicles.
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	19 November 461
Papacy ended	29 February 468
Predecessor	Leo I
Successor	Simplicius
Personal details
Born	Sardinia, Western Roman Empire
Died	29 February 468[1] Rome, Western Roman Empire
Buried	St. Lawrence outside the Walls
Sainthood
Feast day	17 November[2]
Venerated in	Catholic Church

Pope Hilarius (also Hilarus, Hilary; died 29 February 468) was the bishop of Rome from AD 461 to 468.

In 449, Hilarius served as a legate for Pope Leo I at the Second Council of Ephesus. His opposition to the condemnation of Flavian of Constantinople incurred the enmity of Dioscurus of Alexandria, who attempted to prevent him from leaving the city. Hilarius was able to make his escape and returned to Rome by an indirect route. He later erected an oratory at the Lateran in honor of John the Evangelist, to whom he attributed his safe passage.

Much of his pontificate was spent in maintaining ecclesiastical discipline in conformity with canon law, and in settling jurisdictional disputes among the bishops of both Gaul and Spain.