Saint Aegidius, known in Italian as Egidio and in English as Giles, was a Benedictine monk and abbot. In his early life, he lived as a hermit in France. He is one of the fourteen Holy Helpers and is invoked for the cure of cripples. He has a beautiful church named for him near the Rhone River in France. He has one hundred and sixty churches dedicated to him in England.
Saint Aegidius, by Hans Memling (source)
