Saint Giles

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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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Generate an image of Saint Giles (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.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Saint Giles canonical 51
St Giles 4
Saint Giles the Abbot 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
abbot
hermit
medieval saint
associatedWith Fourteen Holy Helpers
Languedoc
linked to: Occitanie

Provence
Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
birthPlace Athens
category 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
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Edinburgh
Kraków
London
linked to: London, England
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 Church
Lutheran Church
linked to: Lutheranism

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Referenced by (56)

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

Edinburgh patronSaint Saint Giles
Fourteen Holy Helpers hasMember Saint Giles
St Giles' Church, Stoke Poges dedicatedTo Saint Giles
High Kirk of Edinburgh dedicatedTo Saint Giles
High Kirk of Edinburgh namedAfter Saint Giles
Latin Aegidius associatedWith Saint Giles
Latin Aegidius historicallyBorneBy Saint Giles
Latin Aegidius hasPatronSaint Saint Giles
Vierzehn Nothelfer hasMember Saint Giles
Kingston, Kent parishChurchDedication St Giles
linked to: Saint Giles
Aegidius hasName Saint Giles
Saint Giles hasName Saint Giles
subject linked to: Saint Gilles
Graz Cathedral dedicatedTo Saint Giles
Tadlow parishChurchDedication St Giles
linked to: Saint Giles
Saint-Gilles-du-Gard namedAfter Saint Giles
Saint-Gilles namedAfter Saint Giles
St Giles the Abbot Church, Farnborough dedicatedTo Saint Giles the Abbot
linked to: Saint Giles
St Giles Church, Killamarsh hasDedication St Giles
linked to: Saint Giles
St Giles Church, Elgin dedicatedTo Saint Giles
subject linked to: St Giles Church
Basilica of St. Giles dedicatedTo Saint Giles
Basilica of St. Giles patronSaint Saint Giles
St Giles Kirk namedAfter Saint Giles
Giles associatedWith Saint Giles
Church of St Giles, Cheadle patronSaint Saint Giles
subject linked to: Church of St Giles
Church of St Giles, Cheadle dedicatedTo St Giles
subject linked to: Church of St Giles
linked to: Saint Giles
Church of St Giles, Tonge dedicatedTo Saint Giles
subject linked to: Tonge, Kent
Moreel Triptych depicts Saint Giles