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History of the Franks
St Gregory of Tours, tr. Dalton, 1927
Book 1, 38. Of the Passing of Anthony the Monk
In the nineteenth year of Constantine the younger died the monk Antonius in the hundred and fifth year of his age. The most blessed Hilary, bishop of Poitiers, was sent into banishment at the persuasion of the heretics. In his exile he composed works in support of the Catholic faith, and sent them to Constantius, who ordered his release in the fourth year of his exile, and permitted him to return home.