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Despite the fact that much about Saint Giles is shrouded in mystery, we can say that he was one of the most popular saints in the Middle Ages. Likely, he was born in the first half of the seventh century in southeastern France. That is where he built a monastery that became a popular stopping-off point for pilgrims making their way to Compostela in Spain, and the Holy Land.
In England, many ancient churches and hospitals were dedicated to Giles. One of the sections of the city of Brussels is named after him. In Germany, Giles was included among the so-called 14 Holy Helpers, a popular group of saints to whom people prayed, especially for recovery from disease, and for strength at the hour of death. Also among the 14 were Saints Christopher, Barbara, and Blaise. Interestingly, Giles was the only non-martyr among them. Devotion to the โHoly Helpersโ was especially strong in parts of Germany and in Hungary and Sweden. Such devotion made his popularity spread. Giles was soon invoked as the patron of the poor and the disabled.
The pilgrimage center that once drew so many fell into disrepair some centuries after Gilesโ death.
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๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ.
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