en 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

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

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

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