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title: "St. Giles: Feast Day September 1 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-giles/
description: "St. Giles, Abbot, patron of the disabled and the poor. Remembered on September 1, died c. 710. Read their life in Bless."
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Abbot · Remembered on September 1

# St. Giles

St. Giles is remembered on September 1 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of the disabled and the poor.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [September 1](https://blessbible.app/saints/september/#1) |
| Title | Abbot |
| Died | c. 710 |
| Patron of | [the disabled](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#disabled), [the poor](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#poor) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, September 1, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-giles/#calendar) |

## Life

A Greek-born hermit of the Provençal forest, whose companion — legend says — was a deer, and who was crippled by a hunter’s arrow meant for her. The abbey that grew at his hermitage became a great pilgrimage; he was invoked across medieval Europe as patron of cripples and beggars, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Giles as patron of the disabled and the poor.

[Disabled](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#disabled) [Poor](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#poor)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Anthony of Padua](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-anthony-of-padua/) the poor · June 13
- [St. Lawrence](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lawrence/) the poor · August 10

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Giles. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, September 1, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/01/) | Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Colossians 1:1-8 · Psalm 52:10, 11 · Luke 4:18 · Luke 4:38-44 |
| [Friday, September 1, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/09/01/) | Friday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time | Green | 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 · Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 10-11 · Luke 21:36 · Matthew 25:1-13 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[August 31 Sts. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-joseph-of-arimathea-and-nicodemus/) [September 2 St. William of Roskilde](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-william-of-roskilde/)

[All the saints of September](https://blessbible.app/saints/september/) [Born on September 1?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#09-01) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Giles

Remembered on September 1

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-giles/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-giles/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-giles/#calendar)

In the app

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