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 |
|---|---|
|
John
surface form:
John (abbot of Reading Abbey)
|
abbot |
| Saint Cadfan | Christian saint |
| Cuāuhtlahtoātzīn | Catholic saint |
| Richgard of Swabia | — |
| Muslim ibn Aqil | martyr |
| Albertus de Colonia | — |
| St. René Goupil | Catholic saint |
| Saint Lawrence of Siponto | Christian saint |
| Saint Kentigerna | Christian saint |
| Alfege | Christian saint |
| Saint Crispin | Christian martyr |
| Saint Lawrence of Novara | Christian martyr |
| Saint Neot of Cornwall | Christian saint |
| Ælfheah | Christian saint |
| Saint Sulpitius the Pious | Christian saint |
| Saint Sulpice | Christian saint |
| Abbot of Melk | abbot |
|
Saint Patrick Expelling the Snakes from Ireland
surface form:
Saint Patrick
|
— |
| Pamphilus of Caesarea | martyr |
| Ali al-Asghar | martyr |
|
IX
surface form:
Louis IX of France
|
Catholic saint |
| Saint Mael | Christian saint |
| Mael | Christian saint |
| Sulien | Christian saint |
| Saint Sulien | Christian saint |
| Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib | martyr |
| San Francisco de Asís de Apatzingán | patron saint |
| Saint Giles of Provence | Christian saint |
| St Matthew | Christian saint |
| Louis Grignion | Catholic saint |
| Saint Narcisa de Jesús | Catholic saint |
| Śāntarakṣita | abbot |
| Saint Caesarius of Africa | Christian martyr |
| Saint Elmo | Christian martyr |
|
Justin
surface form:
Justin Martyr
|
Christian martyr |
| Godric of Finchale | Christian saint |
| Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo | Catholic saint |
| Saint Madryn | Christian saint |
| Saint Maclou | Christian saint |
| Lebuinus | Catholic saint |
| Saint John de Matha | Christian saint |
|
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
surface form:
Saint Sebastian
|
Christian martyr |
| Saint Baldred of Tyninghame | Christian saint |
| Saint Vibiana | Christian saint |
| Saint Gerard Majella | Catholic saint |
|
Saint John Neumann
surface form:
John Neumann
|
Catholic saint |
| Blessed Methodius Dominic Trčka | martyr |
| Blessed Vasyl Velychkovsky | martyr |
| Saint Molaise | Christian saint |
| Ivan Kuntsevych | Catholic saint |