Saint Hilarion the Iberian

Also known as ილარიონ ქართველი · Hilarion the Georgian · Hilarion the Wonderworker of Thessalonica · Hilarion of David Gareja

A Georgian monk from Kakheti and bishop of David Gareja who founded a Georgian monastery on Mount Olympus in Bithynia and later settled in Thessalonica, where he was renowned as a wonderworker. He reposed in 875.

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Notes

Born c. 822 in Kakheti; reposed 875 in Thessalonica. Commemorated Nov 19 (OCA: 'Hilarion the Wonderworker, Monk of Thessalonica'). Distinct from St Hilarion the New of Georgia (†1864, OS-0661), an unrelated 19th-century Athonite elder.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Nov 19; John Sanidopoulos (Mystagogy); Wikipedia