Die Heilige Hilaria Die Tochter des Königs Zinon

PRINTED BY
دار الراعي (Dār al-Rāʿī)

PUBLICATION YEAR
2005

PUBLICATION COUNTRY
Germany

PUBLISHING ORGANISATION
St. Antonius Monastery in Kröffelbach

LANGUAGE 1
German

GENRE 1
Hagiography

DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATION
The illustration was done by Sister Ilaria (Schwester Ilaria). The front cover shows a depiction of St. Hilaria wearing a qalansuwa (koulla in Coptic; the black monastic hood). The back cover contains illustrations of St. Antonius and the St. Antonius monastery in Kröffelbach.

NR OF PAGES
29

KEYWORDS
Egypt , Monastic life , Saints , legend , Women saints , Coptic tradition

CITATION
Die Heilige Hilaria Die Tochter des Königs Zinon, Saint Hilaria the Daughter of King Zeno. Kröffelbach: St. Antonius Kloster, Kröffelbach, 2005.

TRANSLATOR NAME 1
Sister Ilaria

IS A TRANSLATION
Yes

FORM OF PUBLICATION 1
Paperback with ISBN

ISBN NUMBER
3-927464-22-8

PUBLISHED BY
St. Antonius Kloster, Kröffelbach

PUBLICATION CITY
Kröffelbach

CHURCH 1
Coptic Orthodox Church

CONTENT DESCRIPTION
The book tells the story of Saint Hilaria, the daughter of the Roman Emperor Zeno. It includes stories of her childhood, arrival to Egypt and the monastery of St. Macarious, where she had to hide and disguise as a male monk.

GENERAL COMMENTS
According to tradition, Hilaria had to escape to Egypt from her pagan father, emperor Zeno, and thus disguised as a male monk at the St. Macarios monastery. Although much of the story cannot be verified by historical sources (including the fact that she was King Zeno's daughter), Hilaria is recognized as a saint in the liturgical calendars of the Coptic Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox and Ethiopian Tawahedo churches.