{"product_id":"saint-giles-of-assisi-religious-medal-oval-exclusive-p88710","title":"Saint Giles of Assisi Religious Medal - Oval \"EXCLUSIVE\"","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tickBgSm2\"\u003eAll Religious Medals are Customizable. We can change the spelling, your language, names etc, ex: \nchange \"Pray for Us\" to \"Pray \nFor Me\". Just let us know in \"special instructions\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tickBgSm2\"\u003eif you would like it for a charm bracelet, request a split ring instead of a bail in the \"special \ninstructions\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n Giles' origins and early life nothing certain is known, other than that he was a simple farmer. In April, 1209, moved \nby \nthe example of two leading fellow-Assisians, who had already become the first followers of St. Francis, he begged \npermission to join the little band. and on the feast of St. George (23 April) was invested in a poor religious habit \nwhich \nSt. Francis had begged for him. Almost immediately afterwards he set out with St. Francis to preach in the Marches of \nAncona. He accompanied the saint to Rome when the first Rule was approved orally by Pope Innocent III, and appears to \nhave \nthen received the monastic tonsure. About 1212 Giles made a pilgrimage to the tomb of St. James at Compostella, in \nSpain. \nShortly after his return to Assisi he started for Jerusalem, to venerate the Holy Places, visiting on his way home the \nItalian shrines of St. Michael, at Monte Gargano, and St. Nicholas, at Bari. He was next found in Rome and still later \nat \nTunis.\n\nIn these journeys Giles was always at pains to procure by manual labor what food and shelter he needed. At Ancona he \nmade \nreed baskets; at Brindisi he carried water and helped to bury the dead; at Rome he cut wood, trod the wine-press, and \ngathered nuts; while the guest of a cardinal at Rieti he insisted on sweeping the house and cleaning the knives. A keen \nobserver of men and events, Giles acquired in the course of these travels much valuable knowledge and experience, which \nhe \nturned to good account. For he lost no occasion to preach to the people. His sermons, if such they can be called, were \nbrief and heartfelt talks, replete with homely wisdom; he never minced his words, but spoke to all with apostolic \nfreedom. \nAfter some years of activity Giles was assigned by St. Francis to the hermitage of Monteripido in the region of Perugia, \nwhere he began a life of contemplation and ecstasy which continued with very visible increase until his death.\n\nIt was in 1262, on the fifty-second anniversary of his reception into the Order of Friars Minor, that Aegidius died, \nalready revered as a saint. His immemorial cultus was confirmed by Pope Pius VI in 1777, and his feast day is celebrated \non the 23 April.\n\nGiles was a stranger to theological and classical learning, but by constant contemplation of heavenly things, and by the \ndivine love with which he was inflamed, he acquired that fullness of holy wisdom which filled his contemporaries with \nwonder, and which drew men of every condition, even the Pope himself, to Perugia to hear from Giles' lips the Word of \nLife. The answers and advice these visitors received were remembered, talked over, and committed to writing, and thus \nwas \nformed a collection of the familiar \"Dicta\" or \"Sayings\" of Brother Giles, which have often been edited in Latin and \ntranslated into different languages. St. Bonaventure held these \"Sayings\" in high esteem, and they are cited in the \nworks \nof many subsequent ascetical writers. They are short, pithy, popular counsels on Christian perfection, applicable to all \nclasses. Saturated with mysticism, yet exquisitely human and possessing a picturesque vein of originality, they \nfaithfully \nreflect the early Franciscan spirit and teaching.","brand":"Picturesongold","offers":[{"title":"Stainless Steel \/ 1\/2 x 2\/3 IN","offer_id":48867439673497,"sku":"88710-233034-PSS","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Stainless Steel \/ 2\/3 x 3\/4 IN","offer_id":48867439640729,"sku":"88710-233035-PSS","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Stainless Steel \/ 3\/4 x 1 IN","offer_id":48867439607961,"sku":"88710-233036-PSS","price":109.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sterling Silver \/ 1\/2 x 2\/3 IN","offer_id":48867439771801,"sku":"88710-233034","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sterling Silver \/ 2\/3 x 3\/4 IN","offer_id":48867439739033,"sku":"88710-233035","price":109.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sterling Silver \/ 3\/4 x 1 IN","offer_id":48867439706265,"sku":"88710-233036","price":139.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gold Plated \/ 1\/2 x 2\/3 IN","offer_id":48867439870105,"sku":"88710-233033","price":109.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gold Plated \/ 2\/3 x 3\/4 IN","offer_id":48867439804569,"sku":"88710-233032","price":139.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gold Plated \/ 3\/4 x 1 IN","offer_id":48867439837337,"sku":"88710-233031","price":179.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10k White Gold \/ 1\/2 x 2\/3 IN","offer_id":48867439902873,"sku":"88710-233030","price":219.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10k White Gold \/ 2\/3 x 3\/4 IN","offer_id":48867439935641,"sku":"88710-233029","price":269.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10k White Gold \/ 3\/4 x 1 IN","offer_id":48867439968409,"sku":"88710-233028","price":349.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14k Yellow Gold \/ 1\/2 x 2\/3 IN","offer_id":48867440033945,"sku":"88710-233038","price":449.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14k Yellow Gold \/ 2\/3 x 3\/4 IN","offer_id":48867440066713,"sku":"88710-233040","price":549.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14k Yellow Gold \/ 3\/4 x 1 IN","offer_id":48867440001177,"sku":"88710-233042","price":649.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14k White Gold \/ 1\/2 x 2\/3 IN","offer_id":48867440132249,"sku":"88710-233037","price":449.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14k White Gold \/ 2\/3 x 3\/4 IN","offer_id":48867440165017,"sku":"88710-233039","price":549.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"14k White Gold \/ 3\/4 x 1 IN","offer_id":48867440099481,"sku":"88710-233041","price":649.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/3510\/4921\/files\/gp_qh2kl_88710_1441129030.jpg?v=1786553202","url":"https:\/\/aliviadanny.com\/products\/saint-giles-of-assisi-religious-medal-oval-exclusive-p88710","provider":"Alivia \u0026 Danny","version":"1.0","type":"link"}