Saint

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Saint is a title of veneration in Christianity given to individuals recognized for their exceptional holiness, virtue, and closeness to God.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Saint canonical 27

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Honorific
Religious title
Title of veneration
associatedWith Closeness to God
Holiness
Virtue
categoryIncludes Biblical figures
Early Christian martyrs
Laypeople
Missionaries
Monastics
Mystics
derivedFrom Latin word "sanctus"
hasMeaning Person believed to be in heaven
Person recognized for exceptional holiness
Person recognized for exemplary Christian virtue
hasPractice Celebration of feast days
Invocation in prayer
Liturgical commemoration
Veneration of relics
hasTheologicalRole Intercessor before God
Model of Christian life
Sign of holiness of the Church
languageOfOrigin Latin
notSameAs Angel
God
recognizedByAuthority Pope in the Roman Catholic Church
Synod or council in Eastern Orthodoxy
recognizedByProcess Ecclesiastical investigation of life and miracles
relatedConcept Beatification
Canonization
Mystical Body of Christ
surface form: Communion of saints

Patron saint
Veneration of saints
translatedAs Holy
Sacred
usedByDenomination Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Some Lutheran churches
usedFor Canonized persons
Confessors of the faith
Doctor of the Church
surface form: Doctors of the Church

Founders of religious orders
Individuals recognized for exceptional holiness
Martyrs
usedInReligion Christianity

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apostle Simon the Zealot honorificPrefix Saint
subject surface form: Simon the Zealot
the Less honorificPrefix Saint
subject surface form: James the Less
Good Pope John honorificPrefix Saint
subject surface form: Pope John XXIII
Athanasius of Athos (traditionally associated) hasHonorificTitle Saint
subject surface form: Athanasius of Athos
Liudger honorificPrefix Saint
Cassianus honorificPrefix Saint
Yared hasTitle Saint
Servant of God precedes Saint
Agatho hasTitle Saint
CMF founderHonorific Saint
subject surface form: Claretian Missionaries