Aegidius (given name)
Aegidius is a male given name of Greek origin.
Aegidius was a magister militum in Gaul.
Variations
Bearers
Bearers of the variants Aegidius, Ægidius, or Egidius include:Pre-modern era
- Aegidius Magister militum in Gaul, ruler of the Kingdom of Soissons
- Saint Aegidius or Saint Giles, hermit saint from Athens
- Aegidius Corboliensis or Gilles de Corbeil, physician
- Egidius Parisiensis, French poet
- Egidius Smaragd, Hungarian noble of French origin
- Aegidius of Assisi, one of the original companions of saint Francis of Assisi
- Egidius Monoszló, Hungarian baron
- Aegidius de Lessinia, scholastic philosopher, pupil of Thomas Aquinas
- Aegidius Romanus or Giles of Rome, archbishop of Bourges and philosopher
- Egidius de Francia or Egidius de Murino, sometimes Magister Frater Egidius, French composer and music theorist in Italy
- Egidius (Chantilly Codex composer), sometimes Magister Egidius, composer in the Chantilly Codex
- Egidius Cantoris, one of the two leaders of the Men of Understanding, a heretical sect
- Aegidius Campensis or Gilles Deschamps, bishop of Coutances present at the trial of Joan of Arc, teacher of Jean Gerson
- Egidius Binchois, usually known as Gilles Binchois, Franco-Flemish composer
- Aegidius of Viterbo or Aegidius Canisius, Italian cardinal, theologian, orator, humanist and poet
Modern era
- Egidius Braun, president of the Deutscher Fußball-Bund
- Aegidius Bucherius, French Jesuit and chronological scholar
- Ægidius Elling, Norwegian inventor
- Aegidius Gelenius, Cologne historian
- Aegidius Hunnius, Lutheran theologian
- Egidius Junger, German-born bishop of Nesqually
- Egidius Juška, retired Lithuanian soccer player
- Aegidius Rousselet, also known as Gilles Rousselet, French engraver
- Aegidius Sadeler, Flemish baroque era painter and engraver
- Egidius Slanghen, mayor of Hoensbroek, Netherlands
- Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss writer