Aegidius (given name)

Aegidius (given name) is a male given name of Greek origin.

Aegidius (died 464 or 465) was a magister militum in Gaul.

Variations

• Giles: English
• Gilles: French
• Ilya/Ilja: Slav
• Ilj: Slovene

Bearers

Bearers of the variants Aegidius, Ægidius, or Egidius include:

Pre-modern era

Chronological order

• Saint Aegidius or Saint Giles (c. 650–c. 710), hermit saint from Athens
• Aegidius Corboliensis or Gilles de Corbeil (c. 1140–first quarter of the 13th century), physician
• Egidius Parisiensis (c. 1160–1223/1224), French poet
• Egidius Smaragd (fl. c. 1185–1215), Hungarian noble of French origin
• Aegidius of Assisi (c. 1190–1262), one of the original companions of saint Francis of Assisi
• Egidius Monoszló (c. 1240–1313), Hungarian baron
• Aegidius de Lessinia (died c. 1304), scholastic philosopher, pupil of Thomas Aquinas
• Aegidius Romanus or Giles of Rome (c. 1243–1316), archbishop of Bourges and philosopher
• Egidius de Francia or Egidius de Murino (fl. mid 14th century), sometimes Magister Frater Egidius, French composer and music theorist in Italy
• Egidius (Chantilly Codex composer) (c. 1350–1400), sometimes Magister Egidius, composer in the Chantilly Codex
• Egidius Cantoris (fl. 1410–1411, one of the two leaders of the Men of Understanding, a heretical sect
• Aegidius Campensis or Gilles Deschamps (fl. 1411 and 1431), bishop of Coutances present at the trial of Joan of Arc, teacher of Jean Gerson
• Egidius Binchois, usually known as Gilles Binchois (c. 1400–1460), Franco-Flemish composer
• Aegidius of Viterbo or Aegidius Canisius (1472–1532), Italian cardinal, theologian, orator, humanist and poet

Modern era

Alphabetical order by last name

• Egidius Braun (born 1925), president of the Deutscher Fußball-Bund
• Aegidius Bucherius (1576–1665), French Jesuit and chronological scholar
• Ægidius Elling (1861–1949), Norwegian inventor
• Aegidius Gelenius (1595–1656), Cologne historian
• Aegidius Hunnius (1550–1603), Lutheran theologian
• Egidius Junger (1833–1895), German-born bishop of Nesqually
• Egidius Juška (born 1975), retired Lithuanian soccer player
• Aegidius Rousselet (1610–1686), also known as Gilles Rousselet, French engraver
• Aegidius Sadeler (c. 1570–1629), Flemish baroque era painter and engraver
• Egidius Slanghen (1820–1882), mayor of Hoensbroek, Netherlands
• Aegidius Tschudi (1505–1572), Swiss writer

See also

• Egidio, a list of people with the given name
• Egide, a list of people with the given name