Saint Giles ( / dʒ aɪ l z / , Latin : Aegidius , French : Gilles , Italian : Egidio , Spanish : Gil ; c. 650 - c. 710), 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 .
23-3289: (Redirected from Aegidienkirche ) Saint Giles , St Giles , or St Giles' may refer to: People [ edit ] Saint Giles , a 7th-8th century Christian hermit saint Blessed Aegidius of Assisi (died 1262) Churches [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] St. Giles Presbyterian Church (Ottawa) , Ontario Czech Republic [ edit ] St. Giles' Church (Prague) Germany [ edit ] Aegidienkirche, Braunschweig St Giles' Church, Erfurt Aegidienkirche, Hanover Aegidienkirche, Heilbad Heiligenstadt Aegidienkirche, Lübeck Ägidienkirche, Speyer Italy [ edit ] Sant'Egidio (church) in Trastevere, Rome Poland [ edit ] St. Giles' Church, Inowłódz Church of St. Giles, Kraków Slovakia [ edit ] St. Giles' Church (Bardejov) in Bardejov Spain [ edit ] San Gil Church in Burgos , Spain United Kingdom [ edit ] England Church of St. Giles, Killamarsh , Derbyshire St Giles' Church, Balderton , Nottinghamshire St Giles' Church, Barrow , Shropshire St Giles' Church, Bodiam , Bodiam , East Sussex St Giles' Church, Camberwell , London St Giles' Church, Cambridge St Giles Church, Carburton , Nottinghamshire St. Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle , Staffordshire St Giles' Church, Copmanthorpe , York St. Giles' Church, Costock , Nottinghamshire St. Giles' Church, Cromwell , Nottinghamshire St. Giles' Church, Cropwell Bishop , Nottinghamshire St Giles' Church, Darlton , Nottinghamshire St Giles Church, Durham , County Durham St Giles' Church, Edingley , Nottinghamshire St Giles' Church, Exhall , Warwickshire St Giles' Church, Elkesley , Nottinghamshire St Giles' Church, Grimsby , Lincolnshire St Giles' Church, Holme , Nottinghamshire St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes , West Sussex St Giles' Church, Ickenham , Hillingdon, London St Giles' Church, Imber , Wiltshire Church of St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip , Somerset St Giles Church, Lincoln , Lincolnshire St Giles' Church, Longstone , Derbyshire St Giles' Church, Matlock , Derbyshire St Giles' Church, Normanton, Derby St Giles' Church, Norwich , Norfolk St Giles' Church, Ollerton , Nottinghamshire St Giles' Church, Oxford St Giles' Church, Reading , Berkshire St Giles' Church, Sandiacre , Derbyshire St Giles' Church, Sheldon , Birmingham St Giles' Church, Shrewsbury , Shropshire St Giles' Church, Skelton , York St Giles' Church, South Mimms , Hertfordshire St Giles' Church, Standlake , Oxfordshire St Giles's Church, Tattenhoe , Milton Keynes Church of St Giles, Totternhoe , Bedfordshire St. Giles Church, West Bridgford , Nottinghamshire St Giles Church, Willenhall , Walsall, West Midlands St Giles Church, Wormshill , Kent St Giles-without-Cripplegate , London St Giles in
46-467: A 1981 novel by Ellis Peters Community of Sant'Egidio , a Catholic lay society HMAS St Giles , a tugboat of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy See also [ edit ] Saint-Gilles (disambiguation) Sant'Egidio (disambiguation) St. Egidien (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
69-758: A district St Giles Circus , a street in London St Giles', Oxford , England Chalfont St Giles , Buckinghamshire, England Houghton Saint Giles , Norfolk Wimborne Saint Giles St Giles Estate, Lincoln Other uses [ edit ] St. Giles (horse) , a Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1832 Epsom Derby St. Giles (Hebron, Maryland) , an historic house in the United States St Giles Fair , held annually in Oxford, England St Giles International , an English language school group The Leper of Saint Giles ,
92-732: A saint for childhood fears, convulsions, depression, particularly in Normandy , for example in Eure Iville , Saint-Germain-Village or Bernay or in Calvados, Gilles Touques . In medieval art, he is depicted with his symbol, the hind (female deer). His emblem is also an arrow . Giles is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers , and the only non- martyr , initially invoked as protection against the Black Death . His feast day
115-710: Is 1 September. Besides Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, nineteen other cities bear his name. Cities that possess relics of St. Giles include Saint-Gilles, Toulouse and many other French cities; Antwerp , Brugge and Tournai in Belgium; Cologne and Bamberg in Germany (known as Egidien ); Rome and Bologna in Italy; Prague in the Czech Republic; and Esztergom in Hungary. Giles is also the patron saint of Edinburgh ,
138-551: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Saint Giles The legend of Giles connects him to Caesarius of Arles , who died in 543. In 514, Caesarius sent a messenger, Messianus, to Pope Symmachus in the company of an abbot named Aegidius. It is possible that this abbot is the historical figure at the basis of the legend of Saint Giles. There are two forged Papal bulls purporting to have been issued by Pope John VIII in 878. Sometimes taken as authentic, they record that
161-616: The Liber miraculorum sancti Aegidii ("The Book of Miracles of Saint Giles") served to reinforce the flow of pilgrims to the abbey. The town of St-Gilles-du-Gard sprang up around the abbey allegedly founded by him in the 7th century . That abbey (which was rededicated to him in the 10th century) remained the centre of his cult, which was particularly strong in Languedoc , even after a rival body of Saint Giles appeared at Toulouse . His cult spread rapidly far and wide throughout Europe in
184-595: The Middle Ages , as is witnessed by the churches and monasteries dedicated to him in France , Spain , Germany , Poland , Hungary , Slovakia , and Great Britain ; by the numerous manuscripts in prose and verse commemorating his virtues and miracles; and especially by the vast concourse of pilgrims who from all Europe flocked to his shrine. He was one of the most popular saints in the Middle Ages. In 1562,
207-496: The Visigothic king Wamba founded a monastery for Giles and that Pope Benedict II granted a charter to this foundation in 684–685. In actuality, the monastery was not dedicated to Saint Giles before c. 910 . The tomb of Giles dates to the correct historical period, but the inscription is from the 10th century. Giles is the subject of an elaborate and largely unhistorical anonymous Latin legend first attested in
230-471: The relics of the saint were secretly transferred to Toulouse to protect them from the Huguenots and the level of pilgrimages declined. The restoration of most of the relics to the abbey of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard in 1862 and the publicized rediscovery of his former tomb there in 1865 helped the pilgrimages recommence. Saint Giles is the patron saint of people with disabilities and is also invoked as
253-756: The 10th century. He was a Greek , and, according to the Legendae Aurea , he was the son of King Theodore and Queen Pelagia of Athens . Although born in Athens, Giles lived in retreats near the mouth of the Rhône and by the River Gard in Septimania in the Visigothic Kingdom . The Legenda Aurea links him with Arles , but finally he withdrew deep into the forest near Nîmes , where in
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#1732765215634276-536: The Fields , London Scotland St Giles' Cathedral , Edinburgh St Giles' Church, Elgin, Moray Wales St Giles' Church, Wrexham United States [ edit ] Saint Giles Episcopal Church in Moraga, California, United States Places [ edit ] Trinidad and Tobago [ edit ] Saint Giles Island United Kingdom [ edit ] St Giles, London ,
299-429: The bishopric of Durham following the usurpation of the diocese by William Cumin , Chancellor of King David I of Scotland . William of St. Barbara , the rightly elected Bishop, was forced to retreat to, and fortify, the church after his abortive entry into Durham was beaten back by Cumin's men. In response Cumin's men destroyed the hospital, which was later refounded at nearby Kepier . In 1180 Bishop Puiset extended
322-592: The capital of Scotland, where St. Giles' High Kirk is a prominent landmark. He is also the patron saint of Graz , Nuremberg , Osnabrück , Sankt Gilgen , Brunswick , Wollaberg , Saint-Gilles (Brussels Capital Region) and Sint-Gillis-Waas . In 1630, the church of Sant'Egidio in Trastevere in Rome was dedicated to him, and which since 1968 has housed the lay Community of Sant'Egidio . The centuries-long presence of Crusaders , many of them of French origin, left
345-402: The church to reflect its role at the centre of a growing parish, adding the chancel. The current font is believed to date from this time. The church was appropriated to Kepier Hospital which acted as rector , receiving tithes and with the advowson (right to appoint a vicar ), appointing a parochial chaplain to minister to the needs of the parish. Extensive building and restoration work
368-429: The greatest solitude he spent many years, his sole companion being his beloved deer, or red deer , who in some stories sustained him on her milk. Giles ate a Christian vegetarian diet. This retreat was finally discovered by the king's hunters, who had pursued the deer to its place of refuge. An arrow shot at the deer wounded the saint instead, who afterwards became a patron of the physically disabled. The king, by legend,
391-636: The name of Saint Giles in some locations in the Middle East . Raymond of St Gilles lent his name to St. Gilles Castle ( Qala'at Sanjil ) in Tripoli , Lebanon. Giles of Provence is remembered in the Church of England with a commemoration on 1 September. St Giles Church, Durham St. Giles Church is a Grade I listed parish church in Gilesgate , County Durham , England. It
414-573: The north wall) and most of Puiset's additions. Minor restoration and three large windows inserted into the south wall in 1828. The church was restored and extended in 1873-1876 as the parish continued to grow. The organ was built by Harrison & Harrison in 1882. The war memorial at the St. Giles Church, commemorates the members of the parish who were killed or missing in the First World War; it lists sixty-seven names. There are three bells in
437-434: The title Saint Giles . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Giles_(disambiguation)&oldid=1243650650#Germany " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Title and name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
460-567: Was Wamba, an anachronistic Visigoth , but must have been a Frank in the original story due to the historical setting. He held the hermit in high esteem for his humility in rejecting all honours save having some disciples. Wamba built him a monastery in his valley, Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, which Giles placed under the Benedictine rule. He died there in the early part of the 8th century, with the highest repute for sanctity and miracles . A 10th-century Vita sancti Aegidii recounts that, as Giles
483-571: Was also carried out during the 13th and 15th centuries. John Heath, the Elizabethan owner of the Kepier estates, Gilesgate and Old Durham is buried in the church. The ecclesiastical parish of St Giles was divided in 1852 with the creation of a new Belmont parish, served from the church of St Mary Magdalene, Belmont and covering Belmont , Gilesgate Moor and New Durham. St Giles Church retains some of Flambard's original building (primarily
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#1732765215634506-484: Was celebrating Mass to pardon Emperor Charlemagne's sins, an angel deposited upon the altar a letter outlining a sin so terrible Charlemagne had never dared confess it. Several Latin and French texts, including the Legenda Aurea refer to this hidden "sin of Charlemagne". This legend, however, contradicts the well-established later dates for the life of Charlemagne ( c. 742 – 28 January 814). A later text,
529-513: Was founded in 1112 by Bishop Ranulf Flambard as the chapel for nearby St. Giles' Hospital. The church was constructed as the hospital chapel of the Hospital of St Giles outside the city walls. It was dedicated on St Barnabas' Day, June 1112 by Bishop Flambard to "the honour of God and St Giles ". Godric of Finchale was a doorkeeper as St. Giles before moving to Finchale to become a hermit. The church became caught up in an 1140 dispute over
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