Entities
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 |
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| 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]);