[Rank]
S. Aegidii Abbatis;;Simplex;;1.1;;vide C5

[Rule]
vide C5;

[Oratio]
May the pleading of blessed Giles, Abbot, make us acceptable unto thee, O Lord, we pray; that what we may not have through any merits of ours, we may gain by means of his patronage.
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[Commemoratio]
!Commemoration of the Twelve Holy Brothers, Martyrs
@Commune/C3:Oratio proper
$Oremus
v. Lord, let the crown of the Brethren, thy Martyrs rejoice us, and their example give nerve to our faith, and their prayers in many ways strengthen us.
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[Lectio93]
The holy Abbot Giles was by birth an Athenian, and of Royal lineage. From his youth he showed ever such a love for sacred learning and for works of charity, that he seemed to care for nothing else. When his father and mother were dead, he bestowed his whole inheritance upon the poor. He took off even his own coat, to clothe a poor sick man withal, and the sick man was healed forthwith as soon as he put it on him. As Giles became famous for working miracles, he fled from glory among men, and betook him to Aries, (in France,) to the company of blessed Caesarius. After the space of two years he departed thence, and went into the desert, for he lived in wonderful holiness for a long while upon the roots of herbs and the milk of an hind, which came to him at regular hours. This hind was chased one day by the King's hounds, and took refuge in Giles's cave. Thereby the King of France was moved earnestly to entreat of him that he would suffer a monastery to be built in the place where this cave was. At the instant desire of the King, he took the rule of this monastery, albeit himself unwilling, and discharged this duty wisely and godly for some years, until he passed away to heaven.
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