patron saints

[MrsNoahMoerbeek]

Anyone know why St. Basilissa and St. Giles are the patron saints of breastfeeding? I’m haven’t been able to find anything, was hoping someone here might know. I know it’s not a “traditional Catholic” issue, but figured a trad might know.

 

[UnusVeritas]

Sometimes there is no reason outside of “Church said so.” Not quite sure, but it’s interesting information. Thanks.

 

[Bluegoat]

I found this about St Giles that might explain:

Little is known of St. Giles (Aegidus in Latin records) except that he may have been born a wealthy aristocratic Greek. When his parents died, Giles used his fortune to help the poor. He became a worker of miracles, and to avoid followers and adulation, he left Greece c. 683 for France where he lived as a hermit in a cave in the deep forests by River Rhône, the mouth of which was guarded by a thick thorn bush. He lived a lifestyle so impoverished that, legend says, God sent a hind to him to nourish him with her milk.