Saint Aegidius

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Saint Aegidius, also known as Saint Giles, is a widely venerated Christian hermit and abbot regarded as a patron saint of the disabled, beggars, and those seeking protection and healing.

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Label Occurrences
Saint Aegidius canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
abbot ⓘ
hermit ⓘ
patron saint ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Saint-Gilles-du-Gard ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Languedoc ⓘ
Provence ⓘ
category 7th-century Christian saint ⓘ
Medieval Christian hermit ⓘ
centuryOfBirth 7th century ⓘ
centuryOfDeath 7th century ⓘ
commemoratedIn Roman Martyrology ⓘ
cultSpread across Western Europe ⓘ
feastDay 1 September ⓘ
founded monastery of Saint-Gilles ⓘ
hasAlias Giles of Provence ⓘ
Gilles l’Ermite ⓘ
Saint Giles ⓘ
iconographicAttribute crutch ⓘ
deer or hind ⓘ
monk’s habit ⓘ
knownFor compassion for the poor ⓘ
life of prayer and seclusion ⓘ
miracles of healing ⓘ
languageOfName English "Giles" ⓘ
French "Gilles" ⓘ
Latin "Aegidius" ⓘ
linked to: Latin Aegidius
legend protected a hind from hunters ⓘ
wounded by an arrow meant for a deer ⓘ
patronage Cracow ⓘ
linked to: Kraków

Edinburgh ⓘ
Nîmes ⓘ
Toulouse ⓘ
beggars ⓘ
disabled persons ⓘ
nursing mothers ⓘ
people with physical disabilities ⓘ
those seeking healing ⓘ
those seeking protection ⓘ
probableOrigin Athens ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
title Abbot ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Lutheran Church ⓘ
linked to: Lutheranism

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
wayOfLife eremitic life ⓘ

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

Vierzehn Nothelfer → hasMember → Saint Aegidius ⓘ
St. Aegidius Church → dedicatedTo → Saint Aegidius ⓘ