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 |
|---|---|
| Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn | martyr |
| Arnulf of Metz | — |
| Saint Louis | canonized saint |
| Abbas ibn Ali | martyr |
| Saint Apollinaris | Christian saint |
|
Apostle Simon the Zealot
surface form:
Simon the Zealot
|
Christian saint |
| John of Patmos | Christian saint |
| Pachomius the Great | — |
|
Saint Romanus
surface form:
Saint Romanus of Rouen
|
Christian saint |
| Saint George the Zograf | Christian saint |
|
Saint Catherine mountain range
surface form:
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
|
Christian saint |
| Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych | Catholic saint |
| Adelaide of Italy | — |
| Alexander of Alexandria | — |
| Augustine of Hippo | Christian saint |
|
de Guzmán
surface form:
Saint Dominic
|
Catholic saint |
| Theodora of Alexandria | Christian saint |
| Melania the Elder | — |
| Abba Moses | Christian saint |
| Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer | canonized person |
| Simeon the God-receiver | — |
| Saint Crescentia | Christian martyr |
| St Germanus | Christian saint |
| Syncletica of Alexandria | — |
|
Thomas
surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
|
Christian saint |
|
Thomas
surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
|
Christian saint |
| Saint Modestus | Christian martyr |
| Saint Blaise | Christian saint |
| Saint Acacius of Byzantium | Christian martyr |
| Saint Cyril | — |
| Bruno of Cologne | Catholic saint |
| Flavian I of Antioch | — |
| Saint Swithun | Christian saint |
| James the brother of Jesus | Christian saint |
| Saint Joachim | — |
| Onesiphorus | Christian saint |
|
Sant’Anna (Italian)
surface form:
Sant’Anna
|
Christian saint |
| Saint Leonard of Noblac | Christian saint |
| Vasily (Basil) the Blessed | ascetic |
| Saint Erasmus of Formia | Christian martyr |
| Saint Helena | Christian saint |
| Saint Methodius | Christian saint |
| Bernadette Soubirous | Catholic saint |
| Saint Anastasia | Christian martyr |
| Saint Cedd | Christian saint |
| Saint Cyriacus | Christian martyr |
| Flavian of Constantinople | — |
| John Henry Newman | Catholic saint |
| Aidan of Lindisfarne | — |
| Anna | — |