Saint Giles

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Christian saint abbot hermit medieval saint

Saint Giles is a Christian hermit and abbot venerated as a major medieval saint, especially known as the patron of Edinburgh and of people with disabilities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Giles canonical	24
St Giles	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ abbot ⓘ hermit ⓘ medieval saint ⓘ
associatedWith	Fourteen Holy Helpers ⓘ Occitanie ⓘ surface form: Languedoc Provence ⓘ Saint-Gilles-du-Gard ⓘ
birthPlace	Athens ⓘ
category	Fourteen Holy Helpers ⓘ surface form: Holy Helpers
commemoratedOn	Western Christian liturgical calendars ⓘ
cultSpread	widespread in medieval Western Europe ⓘ
deathDate	circa early 8th century ⓘ
deathPlace	Saint-Gilles-du-Gard ⓘ near Nîmes ⓘ
era	Early Middle Ages ⓘ
feastDay	1 September ⓘ
hasChurchDedicatedIn	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels Edinburgh ⓘ Kraków ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
honorificTitle	Saint ⓘ
iconography	depicted in monastic habit ⓘ depicted with a hind ⓘ depicted with an arrow ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
legend	lived in seclusion with a hind as his only companion ⓘ was accidentally wounded by a hunting arrow meant for the hind ⓘ
nameInFrench	Saint Gilles ⓘ
nameInLatin	Aegidius ⓘ
notableFor	founding a monastery at Saint-Gilles ⓘ living as a hermit in a forest ⓘ
patronage	Edinburgh ⓘ beggars ⓘ blacksmiths ⓘ breastfeeding ⓘ cancer patients ⓘ epilepsy sufferers ⓘ forest workers ⓘ lepers ⓘ mentally ill people ⓘ people with disabilities ⓘ physically disabled people ⓘ sterility ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (26)

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

Edinburgh → patronSaint → Saint Giles ⓘ

St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh → namedAfter → Saint Giles ⓘ

Fourteen Holy Helpers → hasMember → Saint Giles ⓘ

St Giles-in-the-Fields, London → dedicatedTo → Saint Giles ⓘ

St Giles' Church, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England → dedicatedTo → Saint Giles ⓘ

subject surface form: St Giles' Church, Stoke Poges

Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers → hasPatronSaint → Saint Giles ⓘ

Bletchingdon → parishChurchDedication → Saint Giles ⓘ

High Kirk of Edinburgh → dedicatedTo → Saint Giles ⓘ

High Kirk of Edinburgh → namedAfter → Saint Giles ⓘ

St Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle → dedicatedTo → Saint Giles ⓘ

Latin Aegidius → associatedWith → Saint Giles ⓘ

Latin Aegidius → historicallyBorneBy → Saint Giles ⓘ

Latin Aegidius → hasPatronSaint → Saint Giles ⓘ

Vierzehn Nothelfer → hasMember → Saint Giles ⓘ

St Giles’ Church, Camberwell → namedAfter → Saint Giles ⓘ

St. Aegidien Church, Lübeck → namedAfter → Saint Giles ⓘ

St. Aegidien Church, Lübeck → dedicatedTo → Saint Giles ⓘ

Kingston, Kent → parishChurchDedication → Saint Giles ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles

St Giles Church, Ashtead → dedicatedTo → Saint Giles ⓘ

Aegidius → hasName → Saint Giles ⓘ

Saint Gilles → hasName → Saint Giles ⓘ

subject surface form: Saint Giles

Graz Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Giles ⓘ

Tadlow → parishChurchDedication → Saint Giles ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Giles

Saint-Gilles-du-Gard → namedAfter → Saint Giles ⓘ

Saint-Gilles-du-Gard → hasReligiousDedication → Saint Giles ⓘ

Saint-Gilles → namedAfter → Saint Giles ⓘ