saint's life

C36749
concept

A saint's life is a biographical narrative, often hagiographic, that recounts the deeds, virtues, miracles, and spiritual significance of a holy person within a religious tradition.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
saint's life canonical 3
devotional biographical text 1
event in the life of Francis of Assisi 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: saint's life
Generated description
A saint's life is a biographical narrative, often hagiographic, that recounts the deeds, virtues, miracles, and spiritual significance of a holy person within a religious tradition.

Instances (7)

Instance Via concept surface
Acts of Saint Susanna
Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik saints' life
Vita Columbae by Adomnán of Iona
surface form: Vita Columbae
Life of Macrina by Gregory of Nyssa
surface form: Life of Macrina
Chaitanya Mangala devotional biographical text
Vita Geraldi Auriliacensis hagiographical biography
stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi event in the life of Francis of Assisi