Hilarion
anchorite who spent most of his life in the desert
Abba Hilarion of Gaza was one of the Desert Fathers quoted in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).
Quotes edit
- Ward, Benedicta (1984). The sayings of the Desert Fathers: the alphabetical collection. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications.
- From Palestine, Abba Hilarion went to the mountain to Abba Anthony. Abba Anthony said to him, You are welcome, torch which awakens the day.'
Abba Hilarion said, 'Peace to you, pillar of light, giving light to the world.'- Saying 1
