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 |
|---|---|
| Eustathius | Christian saint |
| Saint Theopista | Christian martyr |
| St Aldhelm | abbot |
| Pope John Paul II | — |
| Saint Stanislaus | Catholic saint |
| Shantarakshita | abbot |
| Macrina the Younger | — |
| Anatolius of Constantinople | — |
| Saint Aidan of Ferns | Christian saint |
| Saint Barbara | Christian martyr |
| Avalokiteśvara as hearer of the world’s cries | bodhisattva |
| Gwaneum | bodhisattva |
| St Margaret | Christian saint |
| St Laurence | Christian saint |
| Saint Maximin | Christian saint |
| Saint Nino | Christian saint |
| Saint Enoch | Christian saint |
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Elisabeth bower
surface form:
Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia
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Catholic saint |
| Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre | patron saint |
| Peter of Sebaste | ascetic |
| John of Damascus | — |
| Mark of Ephesus | — |
| Saint Agnes of Rome | Christian martyr |