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People

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Saint Giles Saint Giles (, , , , ; 650 - 710), 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 ...
, a 7th-8th century Christian hermit saint * Blessed Aegidius of Assisi (died 1262)


Churches


Canada

* St. Giles Presbyterian Church (Ottawa), Ontario


Czech Republic

* St. Giles' Church (Prague)


Germany

* Aegidienkirche, Braunschweig * St Giles' Church, Erfurt * Aegidienkirche, Hanover * Aegidienkirche, Heilbad Heiligenstadt *
Aegidienkirche, Lübeck The St.-Aegidien-Kirche or Aegidienkirche is a church building in the north German city of Lübeck, dedicated to saint Giles. It is the smallest and easternmost church in the city centre. It is first mentioned as dedicated to St Giles in 1227; t ...
* Ägidienkirche, Speyer


Italy

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Sant'Egidio (church) Sant'Egidio is a churches of Rome, convent church in Trastevere, Rome. Sant'Egidio (St. Giles) is the patron saint of hermits. The church was founded in 1630 and was abandoned by the nuns in 1971. In 1973, it was occupied by the Community of Sant ...
in Trastevere, Rome


Poland

* St. Giles' Church, Inowłódz * Church of St. Giles, Kraków


Slovakia

* St. Giles' Church (Bardejov) in
Bardejov Bardejov (; , , , , ) is a town in North-Eastern Slovakia. It is situated in the Šariš region on a floodplain terrace of the Topľa River, in the hills of the Beskids, Beskyd Mountains. It exhibits numerous cultural monuments in its completely i ...


Spain

* San Gil Church in
Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populous municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of th ...
, Spain


United Kingdom

;England: * Church of St. Giles, Killamarsh, Derbyshire * St Giles' Church, Balderton, Nottinghamshire *
St Giles' Church, Barrow St Giles' Church is in the hamlet of Barrow, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Telford Severn Gorge, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford. Its benefice is united with those of All ...
, Shropshire * St Giles' Church, Bodiam,
Bodiam Bodiam () is a small village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It lies in the valley of the River Rother, near to the villages of Sandhurst and Ewhurst Green. Geography South of the village of Bodiam and exte ...
, East Sussex *
St Giles' Church, Camberwell St Giles' Church, Camberwell, is the parish church of Camberwell, a district of London which forms part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is part of Camberwell Deanery within the Anglican Diocese of Southwark in the Church of England. The c ...
, London *
St Giles' Church, Cambridge The Church of St Giles is a Grade II*-listed church in Cambridge, England. It is a Church of England parish church in the Parish of the Ascension of the Diocese of Ely, located on the junction of Castle Street and Chesterton Road. It was compl ...
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St Giles Church, Carburton St Giles Church is a redundant Anglican church in Carburton, Nottinghamshire. History The church is an unusual shape and dates back to the early twelfth century; parish records date back to the 1530s. The church is Grade II* listed by the Dep ...
, Nottinghamshire * St. Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle, Staffordshire * St Giles' Church, Copmanthorpe, York * St. Giles' Church, Costock, Nottinghamshire * St. Giles' Church, Cromwell, Nottinghamshire * St. Giles' Church, Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire *
St Giles' Church, Darlton St Giles' Church, Darlton is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Darlton. History The church dates from the beginning of the 13th century. The chancel and nave were rebuilt in 1863 by Thomas Chambers Hine. The churchy ...
, Nottinghamshire * St Giles Church, Durham, County Durham * St Giles' Church, Edingley, Nottinghamshire * St Giles' Church, Exhall, Warwickshire * St Giles' Church, Elkesley, Nottinghamshire * St Giles' Church, Grimsby, Lincolnshire * St Giles' Church, Holme, Nottinghamshire *
St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes St Giles' Church is an Anglicanism, Anglican church in the village of Horsted Keynes in Mid Sussex District, Mid Sussex, one of seven Districts of England, local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Serving an extensive rur ...
, West Sussex *
St Giles' Church, Ickenham St. Giles' Church is the parish church in Ickenham, within the London Borough of Hillingdon in England. The church is located in the centre of Ickenham, at the intersection of Swakeleys Road and Long Lane. The oldest parts of the church, the ...
, Hillingdon, London *
St Giles' Church, Imber St Giles' Church is in the deserted village of Imber, Wiltshire, England, which since 1943 has been within the British Army's training area on Salisbury Plain. The church was built in the late 13th or early 14th century. It is recorded in the ...
, Wiltshire * Church of St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset * St Giles Church, Lincoln, Lincolnshire * St Giles' Church, Longstone, Derbyshire * St Giles' Church, Matlock, Derbyshire * St Giles' Church, Normanton, Derby * St Giles' Church, Norwich, Norfolk * St Giles' Church, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire *
St Giles' Church, Oxford St Giles' Church is a church in North Oxford, England. It is at the northern end of the wide thoroughfare of St Giles', at the point where it meets Woodstock Road and Banbury Road. It stands between where Little Clarendon Street joins Wood ...
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St Giles' Church, Reading St Giles' Church is a Church of England Church of England parish church, parish church in the town of Reading, Berkshire, Reading in the England, English county of Berkshire. History St Giles' was one of the three original parish churches, along ...
, Berkshire * St Giles' Church, Sandiacre, Derbyshire *
St Giles' Church, Sheldon St Giles' Church, Sheldon is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Sheldon, Birmingham. History The church dates from 1291, but the current building is mostly 14th century. It was restored in 1867 by Slater and Carpente ...
, Birmingham * St Giles' Church, Shrewsbury, Shropshire * St Giles' Church, Skelton, York * St Giles' Church, South Mimms, Hertfordshire * St Giles' Church, Standlake, Oxfordshire * St Giles's Church, Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes * Church of St Giles, Totternhoe, Bedfordshire * St. Giles Church, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire *
St Giles Church, Willenhall The Church of St Giles is a parish church in Willenhall, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England. Although the current church building dates to 1867, a church has been located in Willenhall since c. 1313, where a chaplain is ...
, Walsall, West Midlands * St Giles Church, Wormshill, Kent *
St Giles-without-Cripplegate St Giles-without-Cripplegate is an Church of England, Anglican church in the City of London, located on Fore Street (London), Fore Street within the modern Barbican Estate, Barbican complex. When built it stood without (that is, outside) the Lond ...
, London *
St Giles in the Fields St Giles in the Fields is the Anglican parish church of the St Giles district of London. The parish stands within the London Borough of Camden and forms part of the Diocese of London. The church, named for St Giles the Hermit, began as the c ...
, London ;Scotland: *
St Giles' Cathedral St Giles' Cathedral (), or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Old Town of Edinburgh. The current building was begun in the 14th century and extended until the early 16th century; ...
, Edinburgh * St Giles' Church,
Elgin, Moray Elgin ( ; ; ) is a historic town (former cathedral city) and formerly a royal burgh in Moray, Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above th ...
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St Giles' Church, Wrexham St Giles' Parish Church () is the parish church of Wrexham, Wales. The church is recognised as one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture in Wales and is a Grade I listed building, described by Sir Simon Jenkins as 'the glory of th ...


United States

* Saint Giles Episcopal Church in Moraga, California, United States


Places


Trinidad and Tobago

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Saint Giles Island Saint Giles Island is the largest in a group of small islands off the north-eastern tip of Tobago, in the Caribbean country of Trinidad and Tobago. Environment The island is very steep sided and hosts tropical dry forest and wind-swept littoral ...


United Kingdom

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St Giles, London St Giles is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Camden. It is in Central London and part of the West End of London, West End. The area gets its name from the parish church of St Giles in the Fields. The combined p ...
, a district *
St Giles Circus St Giles Circus is a road junction in the St Giles district of the West End of London at the eastern end of Oxford Street, where it connects with New Oxford Street, Charing Cross Road and Tottenham Court Road, which it is more often referred t ...
, a street in London *
St Giles', Oxford St Giles' is a wide boulevard leading north from the centre of Oxford, England. At its northern end, the road divides into Woodstock Road to the left and Banbury Road to the right, both major roads through North Oxford. At the southern end, ...
, England *
Chalfont St Giles Chalfont St Giles is a village and civil parish in southeast Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts, which also includes Chalfont St Peter and Little Chalfont. It lies on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, we ...
, Buckinghamshire, England *
Houghton Saint Giles Houghton Saint Giles is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barsham, in the English county of Norfolk. The village has also been referred to as Houghton-le-Dale or Houghton-in-the-Hole. Houghton Saint Giles is located ...
, Norfolk * Wimborne Saint Giles * St Giles Estate, Lincoln


Other uses

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St. Giles (horse) St. Giles (1829 – circa 1839) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from October 1831 to July 1835 he ran eleven times and won five races. After showing little form as a two-year-old, he made marked improve ...
, a Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1832 Epsom Derby * St. Giles (Hebron, Maryland), an historic house in the United States * St Giles Fair, held annually in Oxford, England * St Giles International, an English language school group * ''
The Leper of Saint Giles ''The Leper of Saint Giles'' is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, set in October 1139. It is the fifth novel in The Cadfael Chronicles and was first published in 1981. The book includes a map of the Abbey, the town of Shrewsbury, St. ...
'', a 1981 novel by Ellis Peters *
Community of Sant'Egidio The Community of Sant'Egidio () is a lay Catholic association dedicated to social service, founded in 1968 under the leadership of Andrea Riccardi. The group grew and in 1973 was given a home at the former Carmelite monastery and church of ...
, a Catholic lay society * HMAS ''St Giles'', a tugboat of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy


See also

* Saint-Gilles (disambiguation) * Sant'Egidio (disambiguation) * St. Egidien (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo, tndis cs:Kostel svatého Jiljí de:Ägidienkirche es:Iglesia de San Gil it:Chiesa di Sant'Egidio nl:Sint-Gilliskerk