ST. GILES
St. Giles (Svânt Đajls in the Croatian Bayash Dialect and Zvönt Gyélsz in Hungarian Bayash) is a Saint in the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Traditions who is known as the Patron Saint of Outcasts, Beggars, Leper’s, Wounded and Cripples.
St. Giles (Svânt Đajls in the Croatian Bayash Dialect and Zvönt Gyélsz in Hungarian Bayash) is a Saint in the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Traditions who is known as the Patron Saint of Outcasts, Beggars, Leper’s, Wounded and Cripples.
He was born in Greece but ministered in modern day southern France.
He was born in Greece but ministered in modern day southern France.
He lived mid 7th and early 8th Centuries.
He lived mid 7th and early 8th Centuries.
His Feast day is on September 1.
His Feast day is on September 1.
He was a vegetarian who lived in his own retreat deep in the forest. This retreat was finally discovered by the king's hunters, who had pursued a deer to its place of refuge. An arrow shot at the deer wounded the saint instead, who afterwards became a patron of cripples.
He was a vegetarian who lived in his own retreat deep in the forest. This retreat was finally discovered by the king's hunters, who had pursued a deer to its place of refuge. An arrow shot at the deer wounded the saint instead, who afterwards became a patron of cripples.
He presents well for the Roma, who represent the poor and the oppressed, because of his care and love for the outcasts.
He presents well for the Roma, who represent the poor and the oppressed, because of his care and love for the outcasts.
