Saint Giles
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For other uses, see Saint Giles (disambiguation).
Saint Giles (/dʒaɪlz/, Latin: Aegidius, French: Gilles, Italian: Egidio, Spanish: Gil), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a hermit or monk active in the lower Rhône most likely in the 7th century. Revered as a saint, his cult became widely diffused but his hagiography is mostly legendary. A town that bears his name grew up around the monastery he purportedly founded, which became a pilgrimage centre and a stop on the Way of Saint James. He is traditionally one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
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Giles | |
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Abbot, Hermit | |
Born | c. 650[1] Athens, Achaea, Eastern Roman Empire |
Died | c. 710[1] Septimania, Kingdom of the Visigoths (Languedoc, Southern France) |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion |
Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
Major shrine | Abbey of Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles, France) St. Giles' Cathedral (Edinburgh, Scotland) |
Feast | 1 September |
Attributes | arrow; crosier; hermitage; hind |
Patronage | beggars; blacksmiths; breast cancer; breast feeding; cancer patients; disabled people; Edinburgh (Scotland); epilepsy; noctiphobics; forests; hermits; horses; lepers; mental illness; outcasts; poor people; rams; spur makers; sterility. |
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