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The Life of S. Hilarion

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The birth place of Hilarion was the village Thabatha, situate about five miles to the south of Gaza, a city of Palestine. His parents were idolaters, and therefore, as the saying is, the rose blossomed on the thorn. By them he was committed to the charge of a Grammarian at Alexandria, where, so far as his age allowed, he gave proofs of remarkable ability and character: and in a short time endeared himself to all and became an accomplished speaker. More important than all this, he was a believer in the Lord Jesus, and took no delight in the madness of the circus, the blood of the arena, the excesses of the theatre: his whole pleasure was in the assemblies of the Church.

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Vita S. Hilarionis

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Incipit vita.

Hilarion ortus vico Tabatha, qui circiter quinque millia a Gaza urbe Palaestinae ad Austrum situs est, cum haberet parentes idolis deditos, rosa, ut dicitur, de spinis floruit. A quibus missus Alexandriam, grammatico traditus est: ibique quantum illa patiebatur aetas, magna ingenii et morum documenta [0030A] praebuit; in brevi charus omnibus et loquendi arte gnarus. Quodque his maius est omnibus, credens in Dominum Iesum, non circi furoribus, non arenae sanguine, non theatri luxuria delectabatur; sed tota illi voluntas [al. voluptas] in Ecclesiae erat congregatione.