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The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

entity_id
{'description': 'Stable identifier (e.g. ENT_GRK_ZEUS, ENT_EGY_OSIRIS, ENT_ISL_MUSA)'}
canonical_name
{'description': 'Primary English name used in the database'}
greek_name
{'description': 'Greek-script name, where applicable'}
tradition
{'description': 'Religious or cultural tradition of origin'}
entity_class
{'description': 'Controlled top-level kind (19 values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, ruler, prophet, sage, saint, scriptural-figure, abstraction, collective, realm, ritual, title, object) — recommended for filtering by kind'}
entity_type
{'description': 'Granular free-text type descriptor (894 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
category
{'description': 'Broader functional category (146 values — recommended for filtering)'}
primary_domains
{'description': 'Primary divine domains, comma-separated'}
evidence_confidence
{'description': 'Sourcing quality: A = direct primary-text attestation; B = strong secondary; C = inference; D = speculative'}
chthonic_flag
{'description': 'True if this entity has underworld or chthonic associations'}
serpent_flag
{'description': 'True if this entity has serpent or dragon associations'}
short_note
{'description': 'Scholarly description with source citations'}

319 rows where entity_class = "saint"

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tradition 15

  • Christian 158
  • Islamic/Sufi 65
  • Christian/Orthodox 38
  • Syriac Christian 11
  • Coptic Christian 8
  • Folk Catholic 8
  • Armenian Christian 6
  • Ethiopian Christian 6
  • Yarsan 5
  • Alevi 4
  • Yazidi 4
  • Bahá'í 2
  • Islamic/Shi'a 2
  • Celtic/Irish 1
  • Islamic 1

entity_class 1

  • saint · 319 ✖
entity_id ▼ canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_ALV_BALIM_SULTAN Balim Sultan   Alevi Founder/saint Founder/saint organizer (pir-i sani) of the Bektashi order   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Early-16th-c. saint called the 'second pir' (pir-i sani) credited with systematizing Bektashi ritual and organization at the Pir Evi (Haji Bektash lodge). Attested; Birge. saint
ENT_ALV_HAJI_BEKTASH Haji Bektash Veli (Alevi-Bektashi veneration)   Alevi Saint Saint eponymous saint / pir of the path   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The 13th-c. Anatolian saint venerated as pir and patron of the Alevi-Bektashi path; the Alevi reception of the historical figure recorded at ENT_SUF_BEKTASH. Velayetname hagiography; Birge. saint
ENT_ALV_HIZIR Hizir (Alevi veneration)   Alevi Holy figure Holy figure immortal helper, patron of the distressed   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 The Alevi veneration of Hizir (Khidr) as the ever-living helper invoked in distress, honored with the Hizir fast; the Alevi reception of the figure at ENT_ISL_KHIDR. Attested in Alevi practice. saint
ENT_ALV_PIR_SULTAN Pir Sultan Abdal   Alevi Mystic/saint Mystic/saint saint-poet / martyr of the tradition   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 16th-c. Alevi saint-poet (asik) executed by Ottoman authorities; his nefes hymns are central to Alevi devotional repertoire and identity. Attested poet of the Kizilbash-Alevi milieu. saint
ENT_ARMC_GREGORY_ILLUMINATOR Gregory the Illuminator   Armenian Christian Bishop/saint Founder/saint evangelization, episcopate, apostolic foundation   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Saint Gregory the Illuminator (c.257-c.331), apostle and first Catholicos of Armenia; converted King Tiridates III and Christianized Armenia c.301. Attested in Agathangelos's History as the chief agent of the conversion. A venerated human, not deified. saint
ENT_ARMC_MESROP Mesrop Mashtots   Armenian Christian Monk/saint Founder/saint alphabet, scripture translation, monasticism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Saint Mesrop Mashtots (c.362-440), inventor of the Armenian alphabet (c.405) and translator of scripture, working under Catholicos Sahak. Attested in Movses Khorenatsi (Book III). A venerated human, not deified. saint
ENT_ARMC_NAREK Gregory of Narek   Armenian Christian Mystic/saint Mystic/saint mysticism, sacred poetry, penitential prayer   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Saint Gregory of Narek (c.945-1003), monk of Narekavank and Armenia's greatest mystical poet; author of the Book of Lamentations, declared a Doctor of the Universal Church by Pope Francis in 2015. Attested through his surviving works. A venerated human, not deified. (Distinct from existing ENT_ORTH_GREGORY_THEOLOGIAN and ENT_ORTH_PALAMAS.) saint
ENT_ARMC_NERSES Nerses the Great   Armenian Christian Bishop/saint Bishop/saint catholicate, ecclesial reform, charity   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Saint Nerses I the Great (Catholicos c.353-373), great-grandson of Gregory the Illuminator and reforming Catholicos who convened the Council of Ashtishat and founded hospitals and almshouses. Attested in Movses Khorenatsi and Faustus of Byzantium. A venerated human, not deified. saint
ENT_ARMC_SAHAK Sahak Partev   Armenian Christian Bishop/saint Bishop/saint catholicate, scripture translation, ecclesial reform   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Saint Sahak Partev (Isaac of Armenia, c.354-439), Catholicos of All Armenians and descendant of Gregory the Illuminator; co-sponsored the Mashtots alphabet and the Armenian Bible translation. Attested in Movses Khorenatsi. A venerated human, not deified. (Distinct homonym from Yarsan ENT_YRS_SULTAN_SAHAK.) saint
ENT_ARMC_TIRIDATES Tiridates III of Armenia   Armenian Christian Royal saint Royal saint kingship, royal conversion, patronage   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 King Trdat (Tiridates) III (r. c.287-330), the Arsacid monarch converted by Gregory the Illuminator who made Christianity the state religion of Armenia c.301; venerated as a saint. Attested in Agathangelos. A venerated human ruler, not deified. saint
ENT_BAH_QUDDUS Quddús (Mullá Muhammad-Alí Bárfurúshí)   Bahá'í Disciple/saint Disciple/saint discipleship; martyrdom   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 d. 1849; foremost of the Báb's Letters of the Living and leading figure at the Shaykh Tabarsí upheaval. Historically attested; Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By. saint
ENT_BAH_TAHIRIH Táhirih (Fátimih Baraghání, Qurratu'l-Ayn)   Bahá'í Disciple/saint Disciple/saint discipleship; poetry; martyrdom; women's emancipation   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 1817-1852; only woman among the Báb's Letters of the Living, poet and reformer martyred for the Bábí cause. Historically attested; Smith (2008). saint
ENT_CEL_BRIGID Brigid   Celtic/Irish Goddess/saint bridge Craft Deity poetry; smithcraft; healing; fire; fertility   Irish/Christian reception   A candidate_verified_name Celtic core deity/saint bridge 3 0 0 Irish goddess later strongly linked with Saint Brigid traditions. saint
ENT_CHR_AGNES Agnes   Christian Saint Virgin-martyr virginity; chastity   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Roman virgin-martyr 0 0 0 The young Roman virgin-martyr Agnes, celebrated by Ambrose and Prudentius. saint
ENT_CHR_BARBARA Barbara   Christian Saint Helper-saint protection from lightning and sudden death   Christian   A candidate_verified_name One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers 0 0 0 The virgin-martyr Barbara, invoked against lightning and sudden death. saint
ENT_CHR_CECILIA Cecilia   Christian Saint Virgin-martyr music; virginity   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Roman virgin-martyr 0 0 0 The Roman virgin-martyr Cecilia, patron of music and musicians. saint
ENT_CHR_CHRISTOPHER Christopher   Christian Saint Helper-saint travellers; protection from sudden death   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Universal helper-saint 0 0 0 The giant Christopher who bore the Christ-child across the river, patron of travellers. saint
ENT_CHR_LAWRENCE Lawrence   Christian Saint Martyr-deacon the diaconate; charity; the gridiron   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Roman martyr 0 0 0 The deacon Lawrence of Rome, martyred on the gridiron, patron of the poor. saint
ENT_CHR_MARGARET Margaret of Antioch   Christian Saint Helper-saint childbirth; deliverance from the dragon   Christian   A candidate_verified_name One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers 0 0 0 The virgin-martyr Margaret, who burst from the dragon's belly, patroness of childbirth. saint
ENT_CHR_MARTIN Martin of Tours   Christian Saint Confessor-bishop charity; the cloak; Western monasticism   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Patristic confessor-bishop 0 0 0 Martin of Tours, the soldier who shared his cloak, founder of Gaulish monasticism. saint
ENT_CHR_PERPETUA Perpetua and Felicity   Christian Saint Martyrs martyrdom; visionary courage   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Patristic martyrs 0 0 0 The African martyrs Perpetua and Felicity, whose prison visions are recorded in their Passio. saint
ENT_CHR_SEBASTIAN Sebastian   Christian Saint Martyr protection from plague; the arrows   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Plague-saint martyr 0 0 0 The soldier-martyr Sebastian, shot with arrows, invoked against plague. saint
ENT_CHR_STEPHEN Stephen   Christian Saint Protomartyr the first martyrdom; the diaconate   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Protomartyr 0 0 0 The protomartyr Stephen, the first Christian martyr, stoned while seeing the Son of Man. saint
ENT_CHR_THECLA Thecla   Christian Saint Proto-martyr / apostle virginity; preaching; the disciple of Paul   Christian   A candidate_verified_name Apostolic-age saint 0 0 0 Thecla, the virgin disciple of Paul, venerated as a proto-martyr and equal-to-the-apostles. saint
ENT_COP_BESA Besa of Atripe   Coptic Christian Saint Abbot / disciple monasticism, hagiography   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Disciple and successor of Shenoute as head of the White Monastery; author of the Life of Shenoute and of monastic letters, attested by that surviving corpus. saint
ENT_COP_KYRILLOS_VI Pope Kyrillos VI   Coptic Christian Saint Patriarch / pope Coptic papacy, monastic revival   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 116th Pope of Alexandria (reigned 1959-1971), monastic-revival reformer, canonized by the Coptic Orthodox Church in 2013; placed in the modern period (re-pointed from the proposed late-antique Coptic period, which ends c.1000, to PER_MODERN_ORTHODOX). A 20th-century figure standing in the continuous Alexandrian papal tradition. Venerated human, not deified. saint
ENT_COP_MACARIUS Macarius of Egypt   Coptic Christian Saint Abbot / desert father desert monasticism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Founder of the monastic settlement of Scetis (Wadi al-Natrun) in the Nitrian desert (d. c.391); attested in the Apophthegmata Patrum and the Lausiac History. Distinct from Macaria (ENT_MACARIA, a Greek goddess - homonym verified in DB) and Macarius of Alexandria. Verified absent from DB. Venerated human. saint
ENT_COP_MENA_MARTYR Mena the Wonderworker (Abu Mina)   Coptic Christian Saint Martyr / wonderworker martyrdom, healing cult, pilgrimage   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Egyptian (Coptic) reception of the soldier-martyr Menas, centre of the great healing-pilgrimage shrine of Abu Mina west of Alexandria. Cross-links to the existing pan-Orthodox Menas (ENT_ORTH_MENAS, verified in DB) as the same figure venerated in the Coptic tradition; flagged as a homonym/overlap in review. saint
ENT_COP_MOSES_BLACK Moses the Black   Coptic Christian Saint Monk / martyr desert monasticism, conversion, martyrdom   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Former brigand turned ascetic of Scetis under Macarius (d. c.405), martyred by raiding Berbers; attested in the Apophthegmata Patrum. Venerated human. saint
ENT_COP_PACHOMIUS Pachomius the Great   Coptic Christian Saint Abbot / founder cenobitic monasticism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Founder of cenobitic (communal) monasticism at Tabennesi (d. 348); attested by the Coptic and Greek Lives of Pachomius and his surviving Rule. Verified absent from DB. Venerated human. saint
ENT_COP_SAMUEL_CONFESSOR Samuel the Confessor   Coptic Christian Saint Abbot / confessor monasticism, confession of faith under persecution   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Seventh-century Coptic abbot of the Monastery of al-Qalamun (the Monastery of St Samuel) in the Fayyum, confessor under Chalcedonian and early Muslim-era pressure; attested by his Coptic Life. Distinct from the prophet Samuel (ENT_ISR_SAMUEL, verified in DB) - homonym noted. Venerated human. saint
ENT_COP_SHENOUTE Shenoute the Great   Coptic Christian Saint Abbot / Church Father monasticism, Coptic literature, abbacy   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Archimandrite of the White Monastery near Sohag (d. c.465); the towering author of classical Sahidic Coptic literature, attested by his vast surviving corpus of sermons and letters and by Besa's Life of Shenoute. Venerated human, not deified. saint
ENT_DESERT_ARSENIUS Arsenius the Great   Christian Monk/saint abba silence, withdrawal (hesychia), asceticism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 c.354-450; Roman senatorial tutor who fled to the desert of Scetis, abba famed for radical silence and stillness; prominently attested in the Apophthegmata Patrum. saint
ENT_DESERT_CASSIAN John Cassian   Christian Monk/saint monastic writer monastic theology, transmission of desert teaching to the West   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 c.360-435; studied among the Egyptian desert monks, then transmitted their teaching to Latin monasticism through his Institutes and Conferences (Collationes); a key conduit of Evagrian thought to the West. saint
ENT_DESERT_EVAGRIUS Evagrius Ponticus   Christian Monk/theologian abba ascetic theology, contemplation, the eight thoughts (logismoi)   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 345-399; monk of the Kellia/Nitria, systematizer of desert ascetic teaching (Praktikos, Chapters on Prayer), originator of the eight evil thoughts later reworked as the seven deadly sins; condemned in the Origenist controversies. saint
ENT_DESERT_MACARIUS Macarius the Great (Macarius the Egyptian)   Christian Monk/saint abba asceticism, contemplative prayer   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 c.300-391; abba of the desert of Scetis, disciple of Anthony; one of the most heavily represented abbas in the alphabetical Apophthegmata Patrum. saint
ENT_DESERT_MOSES_BLACK Moses the Black (Moses the Ethiopian)   Christian Monk/saint abba asceticism, humility, repentance   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 c.330-405; former brigand turned abba of Scetis, exemplar of repentance and humility; attested in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Abba Moses). Homonym of the Israelite prophet Moses (ENT_ISR_MOSES) — distinct figure. saint
ENT_DESERT_PACHOMIUS Pachomius the Great   Christian Monk/saint monastic founder cenobitic monasticism, monastic rule   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 c.292-348; founder of cenobitic (communal) monasticism in the Egyptian Thebaid, author of the first monastic Rule; attested in his Lives (Bohairic/Greek) and the Apophthegmata tradition. saint
ENT_DESERT_PAMBO Pambo (Abba Pambo)   Christian Monk/saint abba silence, asceticism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 c.303-373; abba of Nitria, teacher associated with Macarius and the Tall Brothers; noted for measured speech and gravity; attested in the Apophthegmata Patrum. saint
ENT_DESERT_PAUL_THEBES Paul of Thebes (Paul the First Hermit)   Christian Hermit/saint hermit eremitic solitude, asceticism   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 c.227-341 per tradition; reputed first Christian hermit of the Egyptian desert, known chiefly through Jerome's Vita Pauli; traditionally visited and venerated by Anthony near his death. saint
ENT_DESERT_POEMEN Poemen (Abba Poemen)   Christian Monk/saint abba discernment, ascetic counsel   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 4th-5th c. abba of Scetis; the single most heavily quoted father in the alphabetical Apophthegmata Patrum, a touchstone for the editing of the collection. saint
ENT_DESERT_SARAH Amma Sarah (Sarah of the Desert)   Christian Nun/saint amma asceticism, spiritual combat   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 4th-5th c. desert amma; one of the three women included in the alphabetical Apophthegmata Patrum, famed for resisting the demon of fornication. Homonym of the matriarch Sarah (ENT_ISR_SARAH) — distinct figure. saint
ENT_DESERT_SISOES Sisoes (Abba Sisoes)   Christian Monk/saint abba compunction, humility, asceticism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 d. c.429; abba who settled on Anthony's inner mountain after Anthony's death; exemplar of penthos (compunction) in the Apophthegmata Patrum. saint
ENT_DESERT_SYNCLETICA Amma Syncletica of Alexandria   Christian Nun/saint amma asceticism, spiritual direction   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 c.270-350; desert amma of Alexandria, one of the three women in the alphabetical Apophthegmata Patrum; subject of a Life attributed to (Pseudo-)Athanasius. saint
ENT_DESERT_THEODORA Amma Theodora   Christian Nun/saint amma asceticism, humility, discernment   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 4th-5th c. desert amma; one of the three women in the alphabetical Apophthegmata Patrum, associated with Archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria in her sayings. saint
ENT_EMC_ALOYSIUS_GONZAGA Aloysius Gonzaga   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Healing   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Italian Jesuit novice who died nursing plague victims in Rome (1591); patron of youth and of those with epidemics. saint
ENT_EMC_ALPHONSUS_LIGUORI Alphonsus Liguori   Christian Saint Mendicant/founder Knowledge   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Italian founder of the Redemptorists, Doctor of the Church and moral theologian; patron of confessors and moralists. saint
ENT_EMC_BENEDICT_LABRE Benedict Joseph Labre   Christian Saint Mystic/saint Poverty   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 French mendicant pilgrim and "beggar of Rome" (d. 1783); patron of the homeless and of pilgrims. saint
ENT_EMC_CAMILLUS_LELLIS Camillus de Lellis   Christian Saint Mendicant/founder Healing   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Italian founder of the Camillians (Ministers of the Sick); patron of the sick, nurses and hospitals. saint
ENT_EMC_CATHERINE_RICCI Catherine dei Ricci   Christian Saint Mystic/saint Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Italian Dominican mystic of Prato known for ecstasies of the Passion; correspondent of reformers. saint
ENT_EMC_CHARLES_BORROMEO Charles Borromeo   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Mission   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Cardinal-archbishop of Milan; leading implementer of the Council of Trent's reforms and seminary system. saint
ENT_EMC_FRANCIS_BORGIA Francis Borgia   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Mission   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Spanish duke turned Jesuit; third Superior General of the Society of Jesus and major early Jesuit organizer. saint
ENT_EMC_FRANCIS_DE_SALES Francis de Sales   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Bishop of Geneva, Doctor of the Church; author of Introduction to the Devout Life; co-founder of the Visitation order. saint
ENT_EMC_FRANCIS_XAVIER Francis Xavier   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Mission   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Jesuit co-founder; pioneering missionary to India, the Malay archipelago and Japan; patron of the missions. saint
ENT_EMC_IGNATIUS_LOYOLA Ignatius of Loyola   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Mission   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Basque founder of the Society of Jesus (1540); author of the Spiritual Exercises; patron of retreats and spiritual directors. saint
ENT_EMC_ISAAC_JOGUES Isaac Jogues   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Martyrdom   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 French Jesuit missionary martyred by the Mohawk in 1646; chief among the North American Martyrs. saint
ENT_EMC_JANE_CHANTAL Jane Frances de Chantal   Christian Saint Mendicant/founder Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 French widow and co-founder with Francis de Sales of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. saint
ENT_EMC_JEAN_DE_BREBEUF Jean de Brébeuf   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Martyrdom   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 French Jesuit missionary to the Huron, martyred 1649; among the North American Martyrs; patron of Canada. saint
ENT_EMC_JOHN_CROSS John of the Cross   Christian Saint Mystic/saint Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Spanish Carmelite mystic, poet and reformer with Teresa of Ávila; Doctor of the Church; author of The Dark Night of the Soul. saint
ENT_EMC_JOHN_OF_GOD John of God   Christian Saint Mendicant/founder Healing   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Portuguese founder of the Brothers Hospitallers; patron of hospitals, the sick and nurses. saint
ENT_EMC_JOSAPHAT_KUNCEVYC Josaphat Kuntsevych   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Martyrdom   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Ruthenian Greek-Catholic archbishop of Polotsk, martyred 1623 for the Union of Brest; first Eastern-rite saint formally canonized. saint
ENT_EMC_JOSEPH_CUPERTINO Joseph of Cupertino   Christian Saint Mystic/saint Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Italian Conventual Franciscan mystic famed for reported levitations; patron of students and air travelers. saint
ENT_EMC_LOUISE_MARILLAC Louise de Marillac   Christian Saint Mendicant/founder Poverty   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 French co-founder with Vincent de Paul of the Daughters of Charity; patroness of social workers. saint
ENT_EMC_MARTIN_PORRES Martín de Porres   Christian Saint Mendicant/founder Healing   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Afro-Peruvian Dominican lay brother of Lima; healer and almsgiver; patron of social justice and of mixed-race peoples. saint
ENT_EMC_MARY_MAGDALENE_PAZZI Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi   Christian Saint Mystic/saint Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Florentine Carmelite mystic of the Counter-Reformation, known for ecstasies and visions. saint
ENT_EMC_PAUL_OF_CROSS Paul of the Cross   Christian Saint Mendicant/founder Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Italian founder of the Passionists, devoted to the Passion of Christ; baroque-era mystic and preacher. saint
ENT_EMC_PETER_CANISIUS Peter Canisius   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Knowledge   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Dutch Jesuit, Doctor of the Church; catechist who led the Catholic recovery in German-speaking lands. saint
ENT_EMC_PETER_CLAVER Peter Claver   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Mission   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Spanish Jesuit "slave of the slaves" who ministered to the enslaved at Cartagena; patron of African missions and human rights. saint
ENT_EMC_PETER_FABER Peter Faber   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Mission   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Savoyard priest, one of the first companions and co-founders of the Society of Jesus; noted director of the Spiritual Exercises. saint
ENT_EMC_PHILIP_NERI Philip Neri   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 "Apostle of Rome"; founder of the Congregation of the Oratory; figure of Catholic renewal and joyful piety. saint
ENT_EMC_ROBERT_BELLARMINE Robert Bellarmine   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Knowledge   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Italian Jesuit cardinal, theologian and controversialist; Doctor of the Church; patron of catechists and canonists. saint
ENT_EMC_ROSE_LIMA Rose of Lima   Christian Saint Mystic/saint Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Peruvian Dominican tertiary mystic; first canonized saint of the Americas; patroness of Latin America. saint
ENT_EMC_STANISLAUS_KOSTKA Stanislaus Kostka   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Polish Jesuit novice (d. 1568); patron of novices and of Catholic youth. saint
ENT_EMC_TERESA_AVILA Teresa of Ávila   Christian Saint Mystic/saint Prayer   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Spanish Carmelite mystic and reformer; Doctor of the Church; author of The Interior Castle and her Life. saint
ENT_EMC_TURIBIUS_MOGROVEJO Turibius of Mogrovejo   Christian Saint Counter-Reformation saint Mission   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 Archbishop of Lima; reforming Tridentine pastor of colonial Peru; patron of the Latin American episcopate. saint
ENT_EMC_VINCENT_DE_PAUL Vincent de Paul   Christian Saint Mendicant/founder Poverty   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Early-modern Abrahamic build (1500-1800) (v1.81.0) 0 0 0 French founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) and co-founder of the Daughters of Charity; patron of charitable works. saint
ENT_ETH_AREGAWI Abba Aregawi (Za-Mikael)   Ethiopian Christian Abbot/saint monastic saint monasticism; asceticism   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Best-known of the Nine Saints; traditional founder of Debre Damo monastery. Attested in Ethiopian hagiography; discussed by Munro-Hay. saint
ENT_ETH_FRUMENTIUS Frumentius (Abba Selama)   Ethiopian Christian Bishop/saint apostle of Ethiopia apostolate; episcopacy; conversion of Aksum   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 First bishop of Aksum, called Abba Selama 'Revealer of Light'; converted King Ezana and the Aksumite court in the 4th c.; consecrated by Athanasius of Alexandria. Attested by Rufinus and Athanasius; treated by Munro-Hay. saint
ENT_ETH_GEBRE_MENFES_KIDUS Gebre Menfes Kidus (Abbo)   Ethiopian Christian Ascetic/saint ascetic saint asceticism; eremitism   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Popular Ethiopian hermit-saint ('Servant of the Holy Spirit'), associated with Mount Ziquala; legendary ascetic figure of Ethiopian hagiography. saint
ENT_ETH_LALIBELA Gebre Mesqel Lalibela   Ethiopian Christian King/saint king-saint kingship; church-building; sanctity   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Zagwe king (c. 1181-1221) credited with the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela ('New Jerusalem'); canonized king-saint. Attested historically and in his Gadl; discussed by Munro-Hay. saint
ENT_ETH_TEKLE_HAYMANOT Tekle Haymanot   Ethiopian Christian Abbot/saint monastic saint monasticism; asceticism; evangelization   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 13th-c. monastic saint, founder of Debre Libanos and a key figure in the Solomonic restoration; among the most venerated Ethiopian saints. Attested in his Gadl (hagiography). saint
ENT_ETH_YARED Saint Yared   Ethiopian Christian Hymnographer/saint hymnographer saint sacred music; liturgy; hymnody   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 6th-c. deacon credited with inventing Ethiopian sacred chant (zema) and its notation; central to Tewahedo liturgy. Attested in Ethiopian tradition; noted by Munro-Hay. saint
ENT_FCS_DIFUNTA_CORREA Difunta Correa   Folk Catholic Folk saint folk_saint Protection of travelers and the desperate, miraculous nourishment, intercession   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Argentine folk saint (Deolinda Correa), a 19th-c. woman said to have died of thirst in the San Juan desert while her nursing infant survived; major roadside shrine at Vallecito; Rome-unrecognized. saint
ENT_FCS_JESUS_MALVERDE Jesús Malverde   Folk Catholic Folk saint folk_saint Protection of the poor and travelers, intercession, popular justice   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Sinaloan (Mexico) folk saint, said to be an early-20th-c. bandit-benefactor executed c.1909; venerated at a Culiacán chapel; not recognized by Rome. Modeled neutrally as a publicly attested devotion. saint
ENT_FCS_MAXIMON Maximón (San Simón)   Folk Catholic Folk saint folk_saint Fortune, fertility, protection, intercession, bargains and vows, Maya-Catholic intercession   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Guatemalan Maya-Catholic syncretic figure of the highlands (esp. Santiago Atitlán, San Andrés Itzapa), publicly identified with St. Simon and an Indigenous Maya ancestral/Mam figure; an effigy receives offerings of tobacco and liquor. Only the public devotion is modeled. saint
ENT_FCS_NINO_FIDENCIO Niño Fidencio   Folk Catholic Folk saint folk_saint Healing, spirit mediumship, popular intercession   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 José Fidencio Constantino Síntora (1898–1938), a celebrated curandero of Espinazo, Nuevo León (Mexico); posthumously venerated as a folk healer-saint with a living devotional movement (fidencistas); Rome-unrecognized. saint
ENT_FCS_SANTA_MUERTE Santa Muerte   Folk Catholic Folk saint folk_saint Death personified, protection, healing, justice, love, devotion of the marginalized   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Mexican folk 'saint' (Holy Death), a skeletal female personification of death venerated since at least the mid-20th c. with mass public shrines (Tepito); not recognized by Rome; imagery descends from the personified Grim Reaper / Death. saint
ENT_FCS_SAN_LA_MUERTE San La Muerte   Folk Catholic Folk saint folk_saint Death personified, protection, oaths, sudden help   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Argentine/Paraguayan/Guaraní-zone male folk saint of personified Death (skeletal figure); publicly venerated in the Litoral region; Rome-unrecognized; cognate of the broader Death-saint devotion. saint
ENT_FCS_SAN_PASCUALITO San Pascualito   Folk Catholic Folk saint folk_saint Death personified, healing, protection from epidemic, intercession   devotional   C candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Guatemalan/Chiapas Maya-Catholic skeletal folk saint of Death, publicly associated by name with the canonical St. Paschal Baylón but venerated as a personified-Death figure; centered at Olintepeque and Chiapas; Rome-unrecognized in this form. saint
ENT_FCS_SARITA_COLONIA Sarita Colonia   Folk Catholic Folk saint folk_saint Protection of migrants, the poor and the marginalized, intercession   devotional   B candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Sara Colonia Zambrano (1914–1940), a poor migrant woman in Callao, Peru; posthumously venerated as a folk saint of the urban marginalized; Rome-unrecognized. saint
ENT_ISL_FATIMA Fatima al-Zahra   Islamic/Shi'a Holy figure Ahl al-Bayt the holy household; intercession; "the Radiant"   Shi'a   A candidate_verified_name Daughter of the Prophet, mother of the Imams 0 0 0 Fatima al-Zahra, daughter of the Prophet, wife of Ali, mother of the Imams; "Mistress of the Women of the Worlds." saint
ENT_ISL_HUSAYN Husayn ibn Ali   Islamic/Shi'a Imam/martyr Holy Figure martyrdom; justice; intercession; sacred suffering   Shi'a/Islamic   A candidate_verified_name Islamic holy figure 1 0 0 Third Imam and central martyr figure in Shi'a tradition. saint
ENT_ISL_KHIDR Khidr   Islamic Holy figure Holy Figure hidden knowledge; initiation; guidance; immortality   Islamic   A candidate_verified_name Islamic holy figure 1 0 0 The mysterious Green One and hidden guide. saint
ENT_ISL_QUTB Qutb   Islamic/Sufi Hidden saint office Holy Figure pole; saintly hierarchy; cosmic mediation   Sufi/Islamic   A candidate_verified_name Islamic esoteric holy office 1 0 0 Pole or central saintly office in Sufi cosmology. saint
ENT_LMW_ACACIUS Acacius   Christian Saint Martyr / devotional helper protection/against headache   devotional   C candidate_verified_name High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) 0 0 0 Legendary soldier-martyr (Achatius); one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, invoked against headache and in death-agony. saint
ENT_LMW_ALBERTUS_MAGNUS Albertus Magnus   Christian Saint Mendicant founder / Doctor of the Church theology/natural philosophy   devotional   A candidate_verified_name High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) 0 0 0 Dominican friar, bishop and polymath (c.1200-1280); teacher of Aquinas, venerated saint and Doctor of the Church. saint
ENT_LMW_ANGELA_FOLIGNO Angela of Foligno   Christian Saint Visionary mystic mysticism/Franciscan penance   devotional   B candidate_verified_name High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) 0 0 0 Franciscan tertiary and mystic (1248-1309); the 'Mistress of Theologians', author of the Memoriale; canonized 2013. saint
ENT_LMW_ANSELM Anselm of Canterbury   Christian Saint Medieval saint / Doctor of the Church theology/scholasticism   devotional   A candidate_verified_name High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) 0 0 0 Benedictine archbishop and scholastic theologian (1033-1109); venerated saint and Doctor of the Church, father of scholasticism. saint
ENT_LMW_AQUINAS Thomas Aquinas   Christian Saint Mendicant founder / Doctor of the Church theology/scholasticism   devotional   A candidate_verified_name High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) 0 0 0 Dominican friar and theologian (1225-1274); the Angelic Doctor, venerated saint and Doctor of the Church. saint
ENT_LMW_BERNARDINO_SIENA Bernardino of Siena   Christian Saint Medieval saint / mendicant preacher preaching/Holy Name devotion   devotional   A candidate_verified_name High/late-medieval depth build (v1.80.0) 0 0 0 Franciscan Observant preacher (1380-1444); promoter of devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus, venerated saint. saint

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CREATE TABLE "entities" (
   [entity_id] TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
   [canonical_name] TEXT,
   [greek_name] TEXT,
   [tradition] TEXT,
   [entity_type] TEXT,
   [category] TEXT,
   [primary_domains] TEXT,
   [tags] TEXT,
   [cult_scope] TEXT,
   [primary_period] TEXT,
   [evidence_confidence] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [inclusion_basis] TEXT,
   [earth_association_score] INTEGER,
   [chthonic_flag] INTEGER,
   [serpent_flag] INTEGER,
   [short_note] TEXT,
   [entity_class] TEXT REFERENCES [entity_class]([class_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entities_entity_class]
    ON [entities] ([entity_class]);
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