biography
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Giles, St
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Lat Aegidius
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| male
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| lived:
| (?–c.700)
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| biography:
| Athenian hermit. According to legend he went to France and built a hermitage, where he was discovered by a Frankish king who was so impressed with his holiness that he built a monastery on the spot (St Gilles) and made him its abbot. He is the patron of lepers, beggars, and cripples. Feast day 1 September. |
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