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.

Origin/meaning

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.

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  Letterhead +/- 1900

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  The arms in the Koffie Hag/Café Hag albums +/- 1930

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  The arms on a police badge (source)

Literature: Servais, 1955

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