religious figure
C605
concept
A religious figure is an individual recognized within a faith tradition as a spiritual leader, teacher, or exemplar who guides, influences, or embodies the beliefs and practices of that religion.
All labels observed (186)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| rabbi | 359 |
| Islamic scholar | 172 |
| Christian bishop | 136 |
| missionary | 120 |
| Roman Catholic priest | 108 |
| Christian religious leader | 100 |
| Christian minister | 94 |
| Christian monk | 88 |
| Anglican priest | 80 |
| religious figure canonical | 79 |
| Church Father | 74 |
| Presbyterian minister | 74 |
| Eastern Orthodox saint | 71 |
| religious reformer | 71 |
| Biblical figure | 67 |
| ancient Egyptian deity | 56 |
| monk | 55 |
| priest | 52 |
| Protestant reformer | 51 |
| Christian religious title | 49 |
| religious leadership position | 45 |
| Jesuit priest | 44 |
| Christian mystic | 43 |
| spiritual leader | 42 |
| Sufi mystic | 41 |
| pastor | 41 |
| Hindu saint | 39 |
| Catholic cleric | 38 |
| Sufi saint | 38 |
| Jewish mystic | 35 |
| founder of religious order | 35 |
| spiritual teacher | 31 |
| Catholic nun | 26 |
| evangelist | 26 |
| Roman Catholic saint | 25 |
| Talmudist | 25 |
| Sufi master | 20 |
| preacher | 19 |
| Japanese Buddhist monk | 17 |
| prophetic figure | 15 |
| American religious leader | 14 |
| Christian evangelist | 14 |
| Christian reformer | 14 |
| Islamic religious figure | 14 |
| legendary Christian figure | 14 |
| Augustinian friar | 12 |
| Christian leader | 12 |
| Islamic religious leader | 12 |
| historical religious figure | 12 |
| religious founder | 12 |
| Latin Church Father | 11 |
| Russian Orthodox saint | 11 |
| religious specialist | 11 |
| religious teacher | 11 |
| Hindu religious figure | 10 |
| religious authority | 10 |
| Bhakti movement saint | 9 |
| Hindu monk | 9 |
| Jain religious figure | 9 |
| Tannaitic sage | 9 |
| clergy | 9 |
| Christian religious figure | 8 |
| Desert Father | 8 |
| Hindu religious leader | 8 |
| 19th-century religious leader | 7 |
| Hindu spiritual leader | 7 |
| Lutheran clergyman | 7 |
| religious educator | 7 |
| spiritual guide | 7 |
| Christian figure | 6 |
| Christian hermit | 6 |
| founder of a religion | 6 |
| founder of a religious movement | 6 |
| religious author | 6 |
| Jain monk | 5 |
| Latter Day Saint leader | 5 |
| Reformation leader | 5 |
| Restoration Movement leader | 5 |
| ascetic writer | 5 |
| person venerated in the Catholic Church | 5 |
| Buddhist leader | 4 |
| Catholic mystic | 4 |
| Chinese religious leader | 4 |
| Hindu spiritual teacher | 4 |
| Muslim religious leader | 4 |
| evangelical leader | 4 |
| founder of Sufi order | 4 |
| 16th-century religious leader | 3 |
| American religious figure | 3 |
| Apostolic Father | 3 |
| Buddhist religious leader | 3 |
| Catholic religious order member | 3 |
| Egyptian religious leader | 3 |
| Indian spiritual leader | 3 |
| Orthodox monk | 3 |
| Pilgrim leader | 3 |
| Sri Vaishnava acharya | 3 |
| Sufi sheikh | 3 |
| Tamil Shaivite saint | 3 |
| ecclesiastical figure | 3 |
| faith healer | 3 |
| former nun | 3 |
| religiousFigure | 3 |
| title of Jesus Christ | 3 |
| Christian spiritual leader | 2 |
| Christian teacher | 2 |
| Eastern Christian monk | 2 |
| Eastern Christian saint | 2 |
| Gnostic teacher | 2 |
| Jewish preacher | 2 |
| Religious figure | 2 |
| Sufi leader | 2 |
| Sufi teacher | 2 |
| Torah figure | 2 |
| Zoroastrian religious figure | 2 |
| character in Christian hagiography | 2 |
| female religious figure | 2 |
| female religious leader | 2 |
| mendicant friar | 2 |
| religious brother | 2 |
| religious figure in Christian art | 2 |
| religious figure in Islam | 2 |
| religious functionaries | 2 |
| religious intellectual | 2 |
| religious personality | 2 |
| spiritual master | 2 |
| traditional religious leader | 2 |
| venerated person in the Catholic Church | 2 |
| 18th-century American minister | 1 |
| 7th-century religious leader | 1 |
| Athonite monk | 1 |
| Biblical figure (traditional) | 1 |
| Buddhist figure | 1 |
| Caodai dignitary | 1 |
| Catholic religious figure | 1 |
| Catholic religious visionary | 1 |
| Chinese religious teacher | 1 |
| Christian ecclesiastical figure | 1 |
| Christian prophet | 1 |
| Christian religious reformer | 1 |
| Church Father (influence category) | 1 |
| Coptic monk | 1 |
| Druze religious figure | 1 |
| Druze religious leader | 1 |
| French-Indian spiritual figure | 1 |
| Guru of the Sikhs | 1 |
| Hindu yogi and saint | 1 |
| Islamic religious personality | 1 |
| Jain religious leader | 1 |
| Kashmir Shaivism philosopher | 1 |
| Major Prophet | 1 |
| Russian cleric | 1 |
| Sikh bhagat | 1 |
| Swiss Protestant Reformer | 1 |
| Tibetan Buddhist leader | 1 |
| Vietnamese religious leader | 1 |
| Yazidi religious figure | 1 |
| category of religious figures | 1 |
| central figure in the Ramakrishna movement | 1 |
| contemporary religious leader | 1 |
| devotee in Hindu tradition | 1 |
| disciple of Ramakrishna | 1 |
| early Church Father | 1 |
| fictional Catholic priest | 1 |
| figure in the Hebrew Bible | 1 |
| holy personage in Yazidism | 1 |
| leader of religious organization | 1 |
| monastic leader | 1 |
| person venerated in Lutheran churches | 1 |
| pioneer of women’s religious leadership | 1 |
| pious believer | 1 |
| prophet in Christianity | 1 |
| prophet in Judaism | 1 |
| religious administrator | 1 |
| religious elder | 1 |
| religious figures | 1 |
| religious healer | 1 |
| religious interpreter | 1 |
| religious movement figure | 1 |
| religious notable | 1 |
| religious orator | 1 |
| religious preacher | 1 |
| religious workers | 1 |
| venerated person | 1 |
| شخصية_دينية | 1 |
| 宗教家 | 1 |
Instances (2,772)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Prokop Holý | priest |
| Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange | Roman Catholic priest |
| Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein | rabbi |
| Gregory Tsamblak | Christian monk |
| Rafiq Zakaria | Islamic scholar |
| St George of Choziba | Christian monk |
| Saint Euthymius of Suzdal | Eastern Orthodox saint |
| Father Paneloux | Jesuit priest |
| Saint John the Divine | evangelist |
| Jerry Falwell Sr. | pastor |
| Dondi E. Costin | Christian minister |
|
Sheikh Abdullah Yamani (Mir-i-Arab)
surface form:
Sheikh Abdullah Yamani
|
Islamic scholar |
|
prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible
surface form:
Samuel
|
priest |
| Bishop of Lund | Christian religious title |
| Avraham Tzvi Hirsch Eisenstadt | rabbi |
|
Sufi saint Salim Chishti
surface form:
Salim Chishti
|
Sufi saint |
| Debtera | religious specialist |
| Jeronym Pražský | Christian reformer |
| Jerry Falwell Jr. | evangelical leader |
| George Hargreaves | Christian religious leader |
| Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz | rabbi |
| Saint Ansgar | Roman Catholic saint |
| Bishop of Belize | Christian religious leader |
| Georg Major | Protestant reformer |
| Caspar Cruciger the Elder | Protestant reformer |
| Piroska of Hungary | Eastern Orthodox saint |
| Sydney Gibbes | Anglican priest |
| Abdullah Shah Ghazi | Sufi saint |
| John Wiclef | Christian reformer |
| Jody Hice | pastor |
| Eliyahu Maza | rabbi |
| Father David Bauer | Roman Catholic priest |
| Septon | priest |
| Septa | female religious figure |
|
Rabbi Yaakov Moelin
surface form:
Yaakov Moelin
|
rabbi |
| Robert Livingston Stanton | Presbyterian minister |
| Pope Agapetus I | Christian leader |
| Rufus Anderson | missionary |
| Saint Philip of Agira | missionary |
|
Bishop of Cyrrhus
surface form:
Theodoret of Cyrrhus
|
Christian bishop |
| John the Hermit of Pskov | Russian Orthodox saint |
| Charles Gibbes | Anglican priest |
|
Elizabeth
surface form:
Elizabeth of Aragon
|
Roman Catholic saint |
| Rufus Jones | Christian mystic |
| Menasseh ben Israel | rabbi |
| Samuel the Astronomer | rabbi |
| Akiva Eiger | rabbi |
|
Jewish cemetery in Poznań
surface form:
Akiva Eiger
|
rabbi |
| Pir Shah Hussain Bukhari | Sufi saint |
| Anthousa | Eastern Orthodox saint |