Aegidius

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Aegidius is the Latin name of Saint Giles, a popular medieval Christian hermit and patron saint associated especially with the disabled and beggars.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aegidio 2
Aegidius canonical 2
Egidius 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
hermit
patron saint
abbeyLocation Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
activeIn Provence
Septimania
linked to: Languedoc

southern France
linked to: Southern France
associatedWith charity
medieval piety
monasticism
protection of the weak
birthPlace Athens
centuryOfActivity 7th century
8th century
cultFlourishedIn Middle Ages
deathPlace Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
feastDay 1 September
founded Abbey of Saint-Gilles
hasLatinName Aegidius
hasLegendType hagiographic legend
hasName Giles
Saint Giles
iconographicAttribute arrow
hind
monk’s habit
languageOfName Latin
legendaryCompanion a hind
livedIn hermitage near Nîmes
nameMeaning young goat
oneOf Fourteen Holy Helpers
patronage Blacksmiths
Cracow
linked to: Kraków

Edinburgh
Graz
Nîmes
Toulon
beggars
breastfeeding mothers
disabled people
foresters
lepers
night watchmen
poor people
religion Christianity
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheran Church
linked to: Lutheranism

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Giles nameInLatin Aegidius
Latin Aegidius etymologicallyRelatedTo Aegidio
linked to: Aegidius
Latin Aegidius etymologicallyRelatedTo Egidius
linked to: Aegidius
Latin Aegidius hasVariant Aegidio
linked to: Aegidius
Latin Aegidius hasVariant Egidius
linked to: Aegidius