RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Giles

640 - 710

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Saint Giles (, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Giles is the 611th most popular religious figure (down from 575th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Greece (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Greek Religious Figure.

Saint Giles is most famous for being the patron saint of those suffering from leprosy. He is also the patron saint of beggars and cripples.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Giles ranks 611 out of 3,187. Before him are Rashi, Sister Lúcia, Bruno of Cologne, Nichiren, Pancras of Rome, and Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair. After him are Eli, Saint Casimir, Tamar, Canaan, Anne Catherine Emmerich, and Rāhula.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 640, Saint Giles ranks 3. Before him are Asparuh of Bulgaria, and Isaac of Nineveh. After him are Musa ibn Nusayr, Saint Kilian, Kusaila, Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi, Callinicus I of Constantinople, and Seaxburh of Ely. Among people deceased in 710, Saint Giles ranks 1. After him are Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Wittiza, Rupert of Salzburg, Shangguan Wan'er, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi, and Adrian of Canterbury.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Saint Giles ranks 150 out of 1,024. Before him are Djemal Pasha (1872), Perseus of Macedon (-212), Nabis (-300), Cratylus (-500), Antonia the Elder (-39), and Pherecydes of Syros (-580). After him are Callicrates (-470), Euclid of Megara (-435), Parmenion (-400), Hipparchus (-600), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), and Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Saint Giles ranks 12. Before him are Pope Hyginus (100), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Saint Titus (13), Philomena (291), and Antipope Alexander V (1339). After him are Porphyry of Gaza (347), Phoebe (50), Nicholas Kabasilas (1322), Athenagoras of Athens (133), Theodore Stratelates (281), and Isidore of Kiev (1385).

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