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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 pope gives St. Giles two doors of cypress wood on which are represented the apostles St. Peter and St. Paul; Giles throws the doors into the Tiber

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11H(GILES)42the pope gives St. Giles two doors of cypress wood on which are represented the apostles St. Peter and St. Paul; Giles throws the doors into the Tiber  

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Subject

  • abbot
  • arrow
  • beggar
  • Benedictines
  • chest (breast)
  • Christian religion
  • cripple
  • cypress wood
  • door
  • Giles (St.)
  • giving
  • hand
  • hermit
  • hind
  • lily
  • Paul (St.)
  • Peter (St.)
  • pope
  • religion
  • river
  • saint
  • stag
  • supernatural
  • throwing
  • Tiber (river)

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  • 11H(GILES)42

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http://iconclass.org/11H%28GILES%2942

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