When
I look at your heavens, according to my own lights, with these weak
eyes of mine, I am certain with reservation that they are your
heavens. The stars circle in the heavens, reappear year after year,
each with a function and service to fulfill. And though I do not
understand them, I know that you, O God, are in them.
– Saint
Hilary of Poitiers
Saint
Hilary of Poitiers' patronage:
against rheumatism; against snakes; against snake bites; backward
children; children learning to walk; mothers; sick people; La
Rochelle, France; Poitiers Luçon, France; Argusto, Italy; and
Vervio, Italy.
