saint
C617
concept
A saint is a person recognized for exceptional holiness, virtue, and closeness to the divine, often serving as a moral and spiritual exemplar within a religious tradition.
All labels observed (46)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Christian saint | 469 |
| saint canonical | 328 |
| Catholic saint | 280 |
| Christian martyr | 175 |
| martyr | 136 |
| patron saint | 74 |
| abbot | 65 |
| ascetic | 32 |
| bodhisattva | 18 |
| virgin martyr | 9 |
| Varkari saint | 7 |
| saint of the Russian Orthodox Church | 5 |
| Marathi saint | 4 |
| military saint | 4 |
| Cappadocian Father | 3 |
| confessor | 3 |
| enlightened being | 3 |
| female saint | 3 |
| martyr figure | 3 |
| medieval saint | 3 |
| Yazidi saint | 2 |
| Christian saint candidate | 1 |
| Christian saint’s life | 1 |
| Nath saint | 1 |
| Pisan saint | 1 |
| Saint | 1 |
| canonized person | 1 |
| canonized saint | 1 |
| lay saint | 1 |
| levitating saint | 1 |
| local saint | 1 |
| national patron saint | 1 |
| physician saints | 1 |
| pilgrim saint | 1 |
| saint in Sunni Islam | 1 |
| saint of the Catholic Church | 1 |
| saint of the Dvaita tradition | 1 |
| saint of the Lutheran Church | 1 |
| saint-scholar | 1 |
| saintly figure | 1 |
| soldier-saint | 1 |
| type of saint | 1 |
| venerated saint | 1 |
| virgin saint | 1 |
| virgin-martyr | 1 |
| святой | 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
Generated description
A saint is a person recognized for exceptional holiness, virtue, and closeness to the divine, often serving as a moral and spiritual exemplar within a religious tradition.
Instances (1,323)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
|
Odo of Deuil (as abbot of Saint-Denis)
surface form:
Odo of Deuil
|
abbot |
| Basavanna | — |
| Akka Mahadevi | female saint |
| Janabai | Varkari saint |
|
St John the Baptist
surface form:
John the Baptist
|
Christian saint |
| Saint Mark | Christian saint |
| Olav Haraldsson | Christian saint |
| Narhari Sonar | Varkari saint |
|
Archbishop Óscar Romero
surface form:
Óscar Romero
|
martyr |
|
Saint Constantine
surface form:
Constantine the Great
|
Christian saint |
| Klemens Maria Hofbauer | Catholic saint |
| Gorgonia of Nazianzus | Christian saint |
|
Crediton
surface form:
St. Boniface
|
— |
| Saint David Garejeli | — |
| Saint Honoratus of Amiens | Christian saint |
| Saint Donatus of Arezzo | Christian saint |
| Stanislas of Szczepanów | Catholic saint |
| Saint Hedwig of Silesia | — |
| Francesco di Paola | Catholic saint |
|
di Paola
surface form:
Francis of Paola
|
Catholic saint |
| Bishop Hannington | martyr |
| Saint Alexander | Christian saint |
| Saint Theodore | Christian martyr |
| Joseph Alaverdeli | — |
| Meletius of Antioch | — |
| Saint Peter the Exorcist | Christian martyr |
| Saint Secundus of Asti | Christian martyr |
| Cosmas | Christian saint |
| Saints Cosmas and Damian | physician saints |
| Dionysius | Christian martyr |
|
Saints Peter and Paul
surface form:
Saint Peter
|
Christian saint |
| Saint Cassian of Imola | Christian martyr |
| Thích Quảng Đức | martyr |
| Jerzy Popiełuszko | martyr |
| Bonaventura da Bagnoregio | Catholic saint |
| Saint Marcellinus | Christian martyr |
| Saint William of Scicli | Christian saint |
|
Saint Boris
surface form:
Saint Boris I of Bulgaria
|
Christian saint |
|
Boris the Baptizer
surface form:
Boris I of Bulgaria
|
— |
|
John
surface form:
John of Rila
|
— |
| Abbot of Waverley | abbot |
| John of Fidanza | Catholic saint |
| Saint Ivo of Kermartin | Catholic saint |
| Ivan Rilski | Christian saint |
|
Empress Pulcheria
surface form:
Pulcheria
|
Christian saint |
| Pope Gregory the Dialogist | — |
| Virgin of Suyapa | patron saint |
| Sopandev | — |
| St Benedict (St Bene't) | Christian saint |
| Saint Cassius | Christian martyr |