Saint Giles
7th-century Greek hermit and abbot, Catholic saint, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers · Business Professionals · Lived 640 to 710 · aged 70
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Something wrong?A hermit in the lower Rhône whose life is almost entirely legend, yet his name stuck hard enough to spawn a town, a pilgrimage route, and centuries of devotion across medieval Europe.
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About this person
Giles lived as a hermit or monk along the lower Rhône, most likely in the 7th century, around 650 to 710. The facts of his life dissolved into hagiography early, leaving more story than record. Still, his cult spread wide. A monastery supposedly founded by him became the seed of a town that took his name, and that town became a pilgrimage centre and a waypoint on the Way of Saint James. The devotion outlasted the man by a millennium.
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