The good bishop died at Poitiers—as Jerome and Gregory of Tours declare—but the date is still a matter of some uncertainty. Valentinian and Valens were upon the throne, and it is safe to say that 367-68 was the year. January 14th has also been assigned by some authorities, but with no better reason than a generally received tradition to this effect, and the fact that this is his day in the Roman calendar. His body was, however, scattered rather widely. It was removed from its tomb in the time of Clovis—a bone of his arm was in Belgium, and some other portions of his anatomy were in Limoges. About the year 638, Dagobert is stated to have placed his remains in the Church of St. Dionysius, and so confident of this fact were the people of Poitiers, in 1394, that they vehemently asserted that they had his relics there in perfect safety. “Calvinistic heretics” were said to have burned the mortal remnants of the great “hammer of the Arians,” and the Pictavians took this method to meet the calumny. For aught we know to the contrary they were perfectly right, and the dust of their bishop is still resting peacefully in their midst. For his works, the Paris edition of 1693 is the best; but the _Patrologia_ of J. P. Migne contains all that any one can need or care to see. It is the full reprint of the Paris volumes, together with biographical and critical notes, in Latin, prepared with great diligence and research; but, of course, from the Roman Catholic point of view. THE HYMNS OF HILARY. I. HYMNUS MATUTINUS. 1. Lucis largitor splendide, Cujus sereno lumine Post lapsa noctis tempora Dies refusus panditur; 2. Tu verus mundi Lucifer, Non is, qui parvi sideris Venturae lucis nuntius Angusto fulget lumine, 3. Sed toto sole clarior, Lux ipse totus et dies, Interna nostri pectoris Illuminans praecordia: 4. Adesto, rerum conditor, Paternae lucis gloria, Cujus admota gratia Nostra patescunt corpora; 5. Tuoque plena spiritu, Secum Deum gestantia, Ne rapientis perfidi Diris patescant fraudibus, 6. Ut inter actus seculi Vitae quos usus exigit, Omni carentes crimine Tuis vivamus legibus. 7. Probrosas mentis castitas Carnis vincat libidines, Sanctumque puri corporis Delubrum servet Spiritus. 8. Haec spes precantis animae, Haec sunt votiva munera, Ut matutina nobis sit Lux in noctis custodiam. I. A MORNING HYMN. 1. Thou splendid giver of the light, By whose serene and lovely ray Beyond the gloomy shades of night Is opened wide another day! 2. Thou true Light-bearer of the earth, Far more than he whose slender star, Son of the morning, in its dearth Of radiance sheds its beams afar!