1782 - Statue pedestal - Zihle, Czech Republic - Chronograms on Waymarking.com

The chronogram is located on the sandstone pedestal.
The Roman numerals of chronogram are larger than the other letters and are not color-coded from the rest of the text.

St. Giles (Latin: Aegidius. 650 AD – c. 710), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a Greek, Christian, hermit saint from Athens, whose legend is centered in Provence and Septimania. Giles founded the abbey in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard whose tomb became a place of pilgrimage. It was a stop on the road that led from Arles to Santiago de Compostela, the pilgrim Way of St. James. Giles is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.

St. Giles is the patron saint of cripples and is also invoked as a saint for childhood fears, convulsions, depression, particularly in Normandy, for example in Eure Iville, Saint-Germain-Village or Bernay or in Calvados, Gilles Touques. In medieval art, he is depicted with his symbol, the hind. His emblem is also an arrow. Giles is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, and the only non-martyr, initially invoked as protection against the Black Death.

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The general attributes of sculpture of St. Giles : the Lamb of God, the Cross


The chronogram: DIVo aegIDIo aVXILIatorI haeC statVa DICata est
CZ: Svatému Jiljí pomocníkovi tato socha zasvecena byla
EN (Google translation): To St. Giles helper was dedicated this statue

Type of numerals used: Roman Text of the original chronogram: DIVo aegIDIo aVXILIatorI haeC statVa DICata est Pure chronogram?: no Natural chronogram?: no English translation of the chronogram: Not listed Website explaining the chronogram: Not listed

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