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	SINT-GILLIS Country : Belgium Province : Stadsgewest Brussel / Région Bruxelles Official names : (nl) Sint-Gillis (fr) Saint-Gilles Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.8250000000000028421709430404007434844970703125,"lon":4.3452999999999999403144101961515843868255615234375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Dutch	In lazuur een Sint_Egidius, abt, van goud.
French	D'azur à un Saint Egide, abbé, d'or.
English	Azure, the figure of St. Giles Or.

The arms were granted on January 22, 1858.

The arms show St. Giles (also Ægidius, Egidius), the local patron saint. The saint already appeared on the local seal from 1229.

Literature: Servais, 1955

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 The arms show St. Giles (also Ægidius, Egidius), the local patron saint. The saint already appeared on the local seal from 1229.
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