The Cult of the Doctor of the Church of St. Hilary of Poitiers in Medieval Bohemia and Moravia

The study deals with the Medieval cult of the Bishop of Poitiers and the Doctor of the Church of St. Hilary of Poitiers in the region of Bohemia and Moravia. Although this important theologian and Western Church Father achieved a significant position in the world church environment, he does not play an important role in the Bohemian lands, including the current Roman Catholic Church, which is reflected in the quite small number of scholarly works devoted to his personality. The study is therefore aimed at emphasiz-ing the antiquity of the cult of St. Hilary in the Bohemian and Moravian environment and with the help of detailed analyses provides the first interpretation of the development and position of reverence for St. Hilary of Poitiers in Bohemian Medieval society. The study primarily answers the basic questions of when and how the cult of St. Hilary of Poitiers developed, where and why it spread or what its overall significance was. The study is based on a broadly conceived dissertation research of the historical sources, which in the case of the cult of St. Hilary include primarily the Medieval calendars, homilies, legends and artistic monuments.