Saint Giles (Greek: Αἰγίδιος Latin: Ægidius French: Gilles Hungarian: Egyed Polish: Idzi Italian: Egidio Spanish: Egidio Catalan: Gil) (c. 650 – c. 710) was a Greek Christian hermit saint from Athens whose legend is centered in Provence and Septimania. The tomb in the abbey Giles was said to have founded in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard became a place of pilgrimage and a stop on the road that led from Arles to Santiago de Compostela the pilgrim Way of St. James.
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