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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Giles has received more than 479,935 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Giles is the 575th most popular religious figure (down from 534th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 141st in 2019) and the 11th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Giles ranks 575 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Hyginus, Junayd of Baghdad, Pope Romanus, Pope Eleutherius, Zayd ibn Ali, and Sabbas the Sanctified. After him are Pope John VII, Rabanus Maurus, Dōgen, Yasuke, Hugues de Payens, and Francis of Paola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 640, Saint Giles ranks 2. Before him is Asparuh of Bulgaria. After him are Isaac of Nineveh, Musa ibn Nusayr, Kusaila, Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi, Saint Kilian, 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, Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, and Adrian of Canterbury.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Saint Giles ranks 142 out of 1,024. Before him are Antonia Minor (-36), Antipope Alexander V (1339), Tyrtaeus (-700), Pope Hyginus (100), Andronicus of Rhodes (-100), and Pope Eleutherius (171). After him are Costa-Gavras (1933), Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776), Georgios Papadopoulos (1919), Ephialtes of Trachis (-550), Sophia Palaiologina (1455), and Gülnuş Sultan (1642).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Saint Giles ranks 11. Before him are Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Saint Titus (13), Philomena (291), Antipope Alexander V (1339), Pope Hyginus (100), and Pope Eleutherius (171). After him are Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Athenagoras of Athens (133), Theodore Stratelates (281), Saturnin (300), Cyril Lucaris (1572), and Nicholas Kabasilas (1322).

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