 Sulpicius Severus' "Vita Sancti Martini" led to a cult of Saint Hilary as well as of St. Martin of Tours which spread early to western Britain.The villages of St Hilary in Cornwall and Glamorgan and that of Llanilar in Ceredigion bear his name.In France most dedications to Saint Hilary are styled "Saint-Hilaire" and lie west (and north) of the Massif Central; the cult in this region eventually extended to Canada.