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 |
|---|---|
| Saint Baglan | Christian saint |
| Finnian of Clonard | — |
| Saint Sylvester | Catholic saint |
| Saint Otto of Bamberg | — |
| Lazarus of Bethany | — |
| Spyridon of Trimythous | Christian saint |
| Saint Bernard of Clairvaux | Catholic saint |
|
de Jasso
surface form:
Francis Xavier
|
Catholic saint |
|
Azpilicueta
surface form:
Francis Xavier
|
Catholic saint |
| Hieronymus | — |
| Nonna of Nazianzus | Christian saint |
| Saint Monica of Hippo | Christian saint |
|
Philip
surface form:
Philip the Apostle
|
Christian saint |
| Good Queen Maud | Christian saint candidate |
| Justus of Canterbury | Catholic saint |
| Thomas More | — |
| Sri Ramakrishna | — |
| Barnabas the Apostle | Christian saint |
|
Matthew
surface form:
Matthew the Apostle
|
Christian saint |
| Kartar Singh Sarabha | martyr |
| Francisco Marto | Catholic saint |
| Jayatirtha | saint of the Dvaita tradition |
| Tamar of Georgia | — |
| Caesarius of Arles | — |
| Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer | Catholic saint |
| Saint Richard of Chichester | Catholic saint |
|
Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia
surface form:
Edmund the Martyr
|
Christian saint |
| Saint Elizabeth | — |
| Teresa of Ávila | Catholic saint |
| Clemens Romanus | — |
| Saint Vincent of Saragossa | Christian martyr |
| Cyprian of Carthage | Christian martyr |
| Philip Neri | Catholic saint |
| Confessor | type of saint |
| John of the Ladder | — |
| Saint Drostan | Christian saint |
| Saint Hippolytus | Christian martyr |
| Saint Olaf | Christian saint |
| Iacobus Maior | Christian saint |
| Abbot Suger | abbot |
| Tukaram | Varkari saint |
| Guru Arjan | martyr |
| Olaf II of Norway | — |
| Isaac of Nineveh | — |
| James Guthrie | Christian martyr |
| Saint Marinus | Christian saint |
| Saint Martin | Christian saint |
| Saint Victoria | Christian martyr |
| John the Forerunner | Christian saint |
| Saint Denis of Paris | Christian martyr |