Saint Giles
Monastic
Saint Giles, 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. Wikipedia
Born: 650 AD, Athens, Greece
Died: 710 AD (age 60 years), Septimania
Place of burial: Abbatiale Saint-Gilles du Gard, Saint-Gilles, France
Attributes: arrow; crosier; hermitage; hind
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Feast: 1 September
Major shrine: Abbey of Saint-Gilles (Saint-Gilles, France); St. Giles' Cathedral (Edinburgh, Scotland)