Saint Giles round medal. The front depicts the saint and the reverse is marked “Patron Saint of the Disabled”.
Saint Giles, 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 town that bears his name grew up around the 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.
Patronage: beggars, blacksmiths, breast cancer, breastfeeding, cancer patients, disabled people, Edinburgh (Scotland), epilepsy, forests, hermits, horses, lepers, mental illness, nyctophobia (fear of the dark), outcasts, poor people, rams, spur makers, sterility.
Quantity: Sold in increments of one
Size: 3/4″ in diameter (19.05mm)
Material: silver-plated metal alloy.
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