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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Giles

640 - 710

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Saint Giles (, Latin: Aegidius, French: Gilles, Italian: Egidio, Spanish: Gil), 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. A town that bears his name grew up around the monastery he purportedly founded, which became a pilgrimage centre and a stop on the Way of Saint James. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Giles has received more than 441,622 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Giles is the 539th most popular religious figure (down from 532nd in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Greece and the 9th 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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  • 440k

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  • 66.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Giles ranks 539 out of 2,238Before him are Alphonsus Liguori, Simeon, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, John Wesley, Pope Anastasius II, and Dionysius Exiguus. After him are Anas ibn Malik, Angela Merici, Adalbert of Prague, Rabbi Akiva, Pope Alexander I of Alexandria, and Pope John XIII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 640, Saint Giles ranks 2Before him is Asparuh of Bulgaria. After him are Musa ibn Nusayr, Isaac of Nineveh, Kusaila, Saint Kilian, Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi, and Seaxburh of Ely. Among people deceased in 710, Saint Giles ranks 1After him are Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Wittiza, Rupert of Salzburg, Shangguan Wan'er, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, and Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Saint Giles ranks 141 out of 936Before him are Pope Eleutherius (171), Cleon (-450), Costa-Gavras (1933), Epimenides (-690), Parmenion (-400), and Callicrates (-470). After him are Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), Demetrius of Phalerum (-350), Agesilaus II (-444), and Gorgo, Queen of Sparta (-506).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Saint Giles ranks 9Before him are Pope Dionysius (200), Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Saint Titus (13), Philomena (291), Pope Hyginus (100), and Pope Eleutherius (171). After him are Antipope Alexander V (1339), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Athenagoras of Athens (133), Theodore Stratelates (281), Saturnin (300), and Aristides of Athens (150).