Name Giles

Latin name, comes from the ancient Greek word αἰγίς [aigis] means - "shield made of goat skin (shield of Zeus); whirlwind, storm; aegis".

Saint Giles (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 St-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. He is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.