2023-09-01 02:00:00
Saint Egidio is called “advocate for sinners”; “protector of the poor, the crippled and archers” (according to a medieval story he himself was once wounded by an arrow, it is said, because some hunters wanted to kill the deer that served as his company); “defender against diseases”, especially against cancer and epilepsy -called by some the “evil of San Gil”-. Many also consider him patron saint of lepers.
This saint enjoys great devotion in Europe. Churches, hospitals, altars and images made in his honor can be found in countries like France, Spain, England, Poland, Italy and Germany. Beautiful places on the Old Continent and in America are named after him.
echoes in our time
Today the Community of Sant’Egidio, an institution founded by the Italian historian Andrea Riccardi in the city of Rome in 1968, has become known.
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