Hilarion the New

Venerable Hilarion the New was abbot of the Pelekete Monastery in Bithynia and is a saint of the Orthodox Church. He lived in the late eighth or early ninth century and opposed Byzantine iconoclasm.

Miracles were wrought at his tomb. The Orthodox Church venerates him on 27 or 28 March.

It has been suggested that he might be the anonymous abbot of Pelekete who died in 823. That abbot, however, took a more moderate position against the iconoclasts and was ready to make concessions to them, so the identification remains uncertain. The years of his life are not well known.