Egidio Pedrini
Egidio is an Italian masculine given name. People with the name include: Given name * Egidio (saint) (circa 650–710), Christian hermit saint * Egidio Colonna, Giles of Rome (circa 1243–1316), European intellectual, archbishop * Egidio da Viterbo, Giles of Viterbo (1469?–1532), Italian theologian and humanist * Egidio Ariosto (1911–1998), Italian politician * Egidio Calloni (born 1952), Italian former football striker * Egidio Forcellini (1688–1768), Italian philologist * Egidio Gennari (1876–1942), Italian politician * Egidio Notaristefano (born 1966), Italian football player and manager * Egídio Pereira Júnior (born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Egidio Arévalo Rios (born 1982), Uruguayan football player * Egidio Romualdo Duni (1708–1775), Italian composer * Egidio Vagnozzi (1906–1980), Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church Middle name * Luis Egidio Meléndez (1716–1780), Spanish painter See also

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Egidio (saint)
Saint Giles (, la, Aegidius, french: Gilles), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a hermit or monk active in the lower Rhône most likely in the 6th century. Revered as a saint, his cult became widely diffused but his hagiography is mostly legendary. A Saint-Gilles, Gard, town that bears his name grew up around the Abbey of Saint-Gilles, monastery he purportedly founded, which became a pilgrimage centre and a stop on the Way of Saint James. He is traditionally one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Historicity The legend of Giles connects him to Caesarius of Arles, who died in 543. In 514, Caesarius sent a messenger, Messianus, to Pope Symmachus in the company of an abbot named Aegidius. It is possible that this abbot is the historical figure at the basis of the legend of Saint Giles.J. Pycke, "(2) Gilles", in ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques'', Vol. 20 (1984): cols. 1352–1355. There are two forged Papal bulls purporting to have been issued by Pope John ...