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Sankt Ägidius - Saint Giles with his beloved deer —Graz, Styria, Austria
Sankt Ägidius - Saint Giles with his beloved deer
Sant’Egidio, c. 650 - c. 710, also known as Giles the Hermit, was a Greek Christian hermit saint from Athens.
A legend that may or may not be true:
"The Legenda Aurea links him with Arles, but finally he withdrew deep into the forest near Nîmes, where in the greatest solitude he spent many years, his sole companion being his beloved deer, or red deer, who in some stories sustained him on her milk… This retreat was finally discovered by the king's hunters, who had pursued the hind to its place of refuge. An arrow shot at the deer wounded the saint instead, who afterwards became a patron of the physically disabled."
Inscriptions around the pedestal: st ägidius | patron | des domes u. | der stadt
Sculptor: Erwin Huber (Graz 1929 - Graz 2006), Austrian sculptor
More info: statues.vanderkrogt.net/object.php?webpage=ST&record=...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Giles
Love always overcomes distances, time, differences... Love will find the way
Sankt Ägidius - Saint Giles with his beloved deer —Graz, Styria, Austria
Sankt Ägidius - Saint Giles with his beloved deer
Sant’Egidio, c. 650 - c. 710, also known as Giles the Hermit, was a Greek Christian hermit saint from Athens.
A legend that may or may not be true:
"The Legenda Aurea links him with Arles, but finally he withdrew deep into the forest near Nîmes, where in the greatest solitude he spent many years, his sole companion being his beloved deer, or red deer, who in some stories sustained him on her milk… This retreat was finally discovered by the king's hunters, who had pursued the hind to its place of refuge. An arrow shot at the deer wounded the saint instead, who afterwards became a patron of the physically disabled."
Inscriptions around the pedestal: st ägidius | patron | des domes u. | der stadt
Sculptor: Erwin Huber (Graz 1929 - Graz 2006), Austrian sculptor
More info: statues.vanderkrogt.net/object.php?webpage=ST&record=...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Giles
Love always overcomes distances, time, differences... Love will find the way