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... > Religion and Magic > Christian religion > saints > male saints (with NAME) > the hermit and Benedictine abbot Giles (Aegidius); possible attributes: arrow (in hand or breast), beggars and cripples at feet, lily, hind (or stag) > non-miraculous activities and events ~ St. Giles > the king of the Visigoths, out hunting, finds St. Giles in his retreat in the woods; Giles protects a stag in his arms, and an arrow pierces his hand

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11H(GILES)41the king of the Visigoths, out hunting, finds St. Giles in his retreat in the woods; Giles protects a stag in his arms, and an arrow pierces his hand  

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Subject

  • abbot
  • arrow
  • beggar
  • Benedictines
  • chest (breast)
  • Christian religion
  • cripple
  • forest
  • Giles (St.)
  • hand
  • hermit
  • hind
  • hunting
  • king
  • lily
  • meeting
  • piercing
  • protection
  • religion
  • saint
  • stag
  • supernatural

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  • 11H(GILES)41

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http://iconclass.org/11H%28GILES%2941

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