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HILARIUS, or HILARUS (HILARY)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 459 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HILARIUS, or HILARUS (HILARY)  , See also:bishop of See also:Rome from 461 to 468, is known to have been a See also:deacon and to have acted as See also:legate of See also:Leo the See also:Great at the " robber " See also:synod of See also:Ephesus in 449 . There he so vigorously defended the conduct of See also:Flavian in deposing See also:Eutyches that he was thrown into See also:prison, whence he had great difficulty in making his See also:escape to Rome . He was chosen to succeed Leo on the Igth of See also:November 461 . In 465 he held at Rome a See also:council which put a stop to some abuses, particularly to that of bishops appointing their own successors . His pontificate was also marked by a successful encroachment of the papal authority on the See also:metropolitan rights of the See also:French and See also:Spanish See also:hierarchy, and by a resistance to the See also:toleration See also:edict of See also:Anthemius, which ultimately caused it to be recalled . See also:Hilarius died on the 17th of November 467, and was succeeded by See also:Simplicius .

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