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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Hilarion the New

A monastic saint of Cyprus, called the New, commemorated in the Cypriot synaxarion.

Feast
October 6old style October 19
Era
unknown
Place
Cyprus
Order
Venerables

Life

Venerable Hilarion the New is one of five, together with John, Joseph of Lythrodontas, Calantius of Tamasia and the two Cassians (the one of Glyphia and the one of Axylou), counted among the three hundred martyrs and venerables called the "Alamanni", who suffered in Cyprus. He is commemorated on 6 October in the calendar of the Church of Greece (new style), together with Venerable Kendeas. Saint.gr notes that the saint's existence, the details of his life and the day of his feast are not cross-⁠checked by other sources, and nothing is said of his life.

Commemorated the same day October 6