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
Communion of saints
Patron saint
Veneration of saints
translatedAs Holy
Sacred
usedByDenomination Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Some Lutheran churches
usedFor Canonized persons
Confessors of the faith
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.

Simon the Zealot honorificPrefix Saint
subject linked to: Apostle Simon the Zealot
James the Less honorificPrefix Saint
subject linked to: the Less
Pope John XXIII honorificPrefix Saint
subject linked to: Good Pope John
Athanasius of Athos hasHonorificTitle Saint
Liudger honorificPrefix Saint
Cassianus honorificPrefix Saint
Yared hasTitle Saint
Servant of God precedes Saint
Agatho hasTitle Saint
Claretian Missionaries founderHonorific Saint
subject linked to: CMF