Sant'Egidio in Borgo

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Saint Giles in Borgo
Sant'Egidio a Borgo(in Italian)
Religion
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Oratory
Location
Location Vatican City
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Geographic coordinates 41°54′15.53″N012°27′26.19″E / 41.9043139°N 12.4572750°E / 41.9043139; 12.4572750
Architecture
Type Church

The church of Sant'Egidio in Borgo, ...a Borgo, or ...in Vaticano (Saint Giles in Borgo or at the Vatican), is a Roman Catholic oratory in Vatican City dedicated to Saint Giles.

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History

The name of this church appears for the first time in the documents of the thirteenth century, under the name sancti Egidii extra portam Viridariam or extra portam Auream in monte Geretulo or extra portam Viridariam in monte Geretulo. [1] [2] Pope Alexander III conceded the church to the Order of the Holy Sepulchre with the mission to restore the church and its hospital. [3]

Pope Pius XI gave the church to the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. [4]

Notes

  1. Armellini 1891, p. 788.
  2. Hülsen 1927, p. 164.
  3. Dykmans 1967, p. 584.
  4. Dykmans 1967, p. 586.

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