Hilary of Sexten

ILARIO di SEXTEN. — Capuchin, in the world H. Gatterer, and moral theologian, born at Sexten on 15 December 1839, died at Merano on 20 October 1899. He entered religious life in 1858 and, ordained a priest in 1862, after a period of pastoral ministry became professor of moral theology and, for three years, provincial of the Order in Tyrol.

He prepared a Compendium theologiae moralis iuxta probatissimos auctores ad usum confratrum theologorum tertii anni (2 vols., Merano 1889). Other works: De Sacramentis (a pastoral treatise, ibid. 1895); De censuris et irregularitatibus (Mainz 1898), etc.

BIBL.: Hurter, V, II, col. 2056; E. d'Alençon, s. V. in DThC, VI, col. 2464; D. M. Prümmer, Manuale theol. moralis, I, Freiburg im Breisgau 1931, p. 24. Pietro Palazzini
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“ILARIO DI SEXTEN.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), p. 938. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/ilario-di-sexten.