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St Gilles

St Gilles

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St Gilles

Name: St Gilles
Rating: 2

Recommended by 20 cyclists

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Parc naturel régional des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin

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Location: Carentan-Les-Marais, Saint-Lô, Manche, France

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1. Utah-Beach – Km 00 Voie de la liberté loop from Sainte-Mère-Église

40.9km

02:21

160m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Saint-Côme du Mont – Airborne Museum loop from Houesville

27.4km

01:38

180m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. The Stone – St Gilles loop from Houesville

17.2km

01:07

80m

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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🕊️ 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒓

June 4, 2021

Legend has it that Gilles (or Aegidius) was born in Greece (or at least into a Greek family) and came to be trained in the spiritual school of the famous St. Caesar of Arles (died 542). Desiring great solitude, he retired to the mouth of the Rhône, in a place where wild beasts swarmed, a ‘balm’. The Lord offered him a doe from which he could drink milk.
The king of the Goths, named Flavius, was hunting in this forest, and he wanted to take the doe; but she found refuge near the saint behind thick thickets which the hunters could not cross: yet the king accompanied by the bishop shot an arrow which reached Gilles ’hand (or doe?). Before the prodigy the king offered many gifts to the hermit who refused them all; yet he accepted the construction of an abbey of which he would become the abbot.
eglisesenmanche.com/eglises-du-nord-cotentin/h/houesville

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Willem VS

October 20, 2021

Two episodes from the life of the Saint have been specially chosen for popular devotion and iconography: the miraculous doe, with the arrow, the attribute of the Saint and the sin of King Charles forgiven thanks to the prayers of the Holy Abbot.
Saint Gilles is invoked as protector of seafarers, farmers and shepherds. How it also appeased madness, panic and nighttime fears.
eglisesenmanche.com/eglises-du-nord-cotentin/h/houesville

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Location: Carentan-Les-Marais, Saint-Lô, Manche, France

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St Gilles

1. Utah-Beach – Km 00 Voie de la liberté loop from Sainte-Mère-Église

2. Saint-Côme du Mont – Airborne Museum loop from Houesville

3. The Stone – St Gilles loop from Houesville

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