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Entities

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.

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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'}

38 rows where entity_class = "saint" and tradition = "Christian/Orthodox"

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  • Christian/Orthodox · 38 ✖

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  • saint · 38 ✖
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_ORTH_ALEXANDRA_FEODOROVNA Empress Alexandra Feodorovna   Christian/Orthodox Saint Passion-bearer / Royal Martyr Passion-bearing   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Last Russian empress (1872-1918), wife of Nicholas II; executed at Yekaterinburg and glorified as a passion-bearer in 2000. saint
ENT_ORTH_ALEXEI_TSAREVICH Tsarevich Alexei   Christian/Orthodox Saint Passion-bearer / Royal Martyr Passion-bearing   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Heir to the Russian throne (1904-1918), son of Nicholas II; executed at Yekaterinburg and glorified with his family as a passion-bearer in 2000. saint
ENT_ORTH_ATHANASIUS Athanasius of Alexandria   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / Church Father the defence of Nicene orthodoxy; monasticism   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great hierarch 0 0 0 Athanasius the Great of Alexandria, champion of Nicene orthodoxy and biographer of Antony. saint
ENT_ORTH_BASIL Basil the Great   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / Church Father liturgy; monasticism; charity; the Cappadocian theology   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name One of the Three Holy Hierarchs 0 0 0 Basil the Great of Caesarea, one of the Three Holy Hierarchs and the Cappadocian Fathers. saint
ENT_ORTH_CHRYSOSTOM John Chrysostom   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / Church Father preaching; the Divine Liturgy; almsgiving   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name One of the Three Holy Hierarchs 0 0 0 John Chrysostom ("Golden-mouthed"), archbishop of Constantinople, one of the Three Holy Hierarchs. saint
ENT_ORTH_CLIMACUS John Climacus   Christian/Orthodox Saint Monastic teacher ascetic ascent; the Ladder of Divine Ascent   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Sinai abbot, author of the Ladder 0 0 0 John of the Ladder, abbot of Sinai, author of the Ladder of Divine Ascent. saint
ENT_ORTH_CYRIL_METHODIUS Cyril and Methodius   Christian/Orthodox Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles the Slavic mission; the Glagolitic script   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Apostles to the Slavs 0 0 0 Cyril and Methodius, the Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers who evangelised the Slavs and devised their script. saint
ENT_ORTH_DEMETRIOS Demetrios of Thessaloniki   Christian/Orthodox Saint Great-martyr / warrior-saint protection in war; the city of Thessaloniki; myrrh-streaming   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great-martyr with major cultus 0 0 0 The myrrh-streaming great-martyr and warrior-saint, protector of Thessaloniki. saint
ENT_ORTH_ELIZABETH_FEODOROVNA Elizabeth Feodorovna   Christian/Orthodox Saint New Martyr / Grand Duchess Charity; monastic foundation; new-martyrdom   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Grand Duchess Elizabeth (1864-1918), founder of the Martha and Mary Convent; murdered by the Bolsheviks at Alapayevsk. New-martyr glorified 1981 (ROCOR) / 1992 (Moscow). saint
ENT_ORTH_GREGORY_THEOLOGIAN Gregory the Theologian   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / Church Father Trinitarian theology; sacred oratory   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name One of the Three Holy Hierarchs 0 0 0 Gregory of Nazianzus, "the Theologian," one of the Three Holy Hierarchs and the Cappadocian Fathers. saint
ENT_ORTH_IGNATIUS_BRIANCHANINOV Ignatius Brianchaninov   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / ascetic writer Asceticism; the Jesus Prayer; patristic spirituality   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian bishop (1807-1867), author of The Arena and On the Prayer of Jesus; major modern systematizer of patristic ascetic teaching. Glorified 1988. saint
ENT_ORTH_JOHN_KRONSTADT John of Kronstadt   Christian/Orthodox Saint Wonderworker / pastor Pastoral ministry; the Eucharist; healing; charity   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian parish priest (1829-1908), famed wonderworker and author of My Life in Christ; renowned for frequent communion and miracles of healing. Glorified 1990. saint
ENT_ORTH_JOHN_MAXIMOVITCH John Maximovitch (of Shanghai and San Francisco)   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / wonderworker Healing; ascetic episcopate; diaspora mission   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian Orthodox bishop (1896-1966) of the diaspora (Shanghai, Western Europe, San Francisco); ascetic wonderworker. Glorified 1994 (ROCOR). saint
ENT_ORTH_JOSEPH_HESYCHAST Joseph the Hesychast   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hesychast / Elder (Geron) Hesychasm; noetic prayer; Athonite monastic renewal   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Athonite elder (1897-1959) whose disciples repopulated many Athonite monasteries; key figure in the 20th-c. hesychast revival. Glorified 2020. saint
ENT_ORTH_JUSTIN_POPOVIC Justin Popovic   Christian/Orthodox Saint Theologian / confessor Dogmatic theology; patristic revival; christocentric spirituality   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Serbian theologian and archimandrite (1894-1979), author of the Dogmatics of the Orthodox Church and Lives of the Saints; disciple of patristic tradition. Glorified 2010. saint
ENT_ORTH_LUKE_SIMFEROPOL Luke of Simferopol (Voino-Yasenetsky)   Christian/Orthodox Saint New Confessor / hierarch Healing; medicine; confession under persecution   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian archbishop and surgeon (1877-1961), Valentin Voino-Yasenetsky, confessor who suffered Soviet imprisonment and exile while practicing surgery. Glorified 1995/2000. saint
ENT_ORTH_MARIA_SKOBTSOVA Maria Skobtsova (Maria of Paris)   Christian/Orthodox Saint New Martyr / monastic Social charity; new-martyrdom; ministry to the persecuted   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian emigre nun in Paris (1891-1945) who sheltered Jews and others under Nazi occupation; died at Ravensbruck. Glorified 2004 (Ecumenical Patriarchate). saint
ENT_ORTH_MARY_EGYPT Mary of Egypt   Christian/Orthodox Saint Penitent ascetic repentance; the desert; Great Lent   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great penitent with major cultus 1 0 0 The great penitent of the desert, model of repentance, commemorated on the fifth Sunday of Lent. saint
ENT_ORTH_MATRONA_MOSCOW Matrona of Moscow   Christian/Orthodox Saint Blessed wonderworker Healing; clairvoyance; consolation under persecution   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Blind Russian laywoman (1881-1952), Matrona Nikonova, venerated for healing and spiritual sight during the Soviet era; one of the most popular Russian saints. Glorified 1999/2004. saint
ENT_ORTH_MENAS Menas   Christian/Orthodox Saint Wonderworker-martyr wonderworking; the recovery of lost things; the Egyptian shrine   Orthodox   B candidate_verified_name Wonderworking martyr 0 0 0 The wonderworking Egyptian martyr Menas, whose Abu Mena shrine drew vast pilgrimage. saint
ENT_ORTH_NECTARIOS_AEGINA Nektarios of Aegina   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / wonderworker Healing; humility under slander; monastic founding   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Greek bishop (1846-1920), Metropolitan of Pentapolis, founder of the convent on Aegina; one of the most popular modern Greek wonderworkers and healers. Glorified 1961. saint
ENT_ORTH_NICHOLAS_II Tsar Nicholas II   Christian/Orthodox Saint Passion-bearer / Royal Martyr Passion-bearing; Christian rulership   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Last Russian emperor (1868-1918), executed with his family at Yekaterinburg; glorified as a passion-bearer (strastoterpets) in 2000. saint
ENT_ORTH_NIKODEMOS_HAGIORITE Nikodemos the Hagiorite   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hesychast / compiler Hesychasm; spiritual anthology; canon law   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Athonite monk (1749-1809), co-compiler of the Philokalia with Macarius of Corinth; foundational figure of the modern hesychast revival. Glorified 1955. saint
ENT_ORTH_NIKOLAI_VELIMIROVIC Nikolai Velimirovic   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / theologian Preaching; theology; spiritual writing   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Serbian bishop (1880-1956), 'the Serbian Chrysostom', author of the Prologue of Ohrid; imprisoned at Dachau. Glorified 2003 (Serbian Orthodox Church). saint
ENT_ORTH_PAISIOS_ATHONITE Paisios of Mount Athos   Christian/Orthodox Saint Elder (Geron) / hesychast Spiritual counsel; the Jesus Prayer; discernment   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Greek Athonite elder (1924-1994), among the most beloved modern startsy; renowned for counsel and discernment. Glorified 2015 (Ecumenical Patriarchate). saint
ENT_ORTH_PALAMAS Gregory Palamas   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / mystic hesychasm; the uncreated energies; theosis   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Hierarch and hesychast theologian 0 0 0 Gregory Palamas of Thessaloniki, defender of hesychasm and the doctrine of the uncreated divine energies. saint
ENT_ORTH_PANTELEIMON Panteleimon   Christian/Orthodox Saint Unmercenary healer healing; medicine; the unmercenary cure   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great-martyr and healer 0 0 0 The Great-martyr and Healer Panteleimon, chief of the Holy Unmercenaries (Anargyroi). saint
ENT_ORTH_PARASKEVI Paraskevi   Christian/Orthodox Saint Great-martyr / healer healing of the eyes; Friday   Orthodox   B candidate_verified_name Great-martyr with major cultus 0 0 0 The great-martyr Paraskevi (Petka), healer of the eyes, much venerated in the Balkans. saint
ENT_ORTH_PORPHYRIOS_KAVSOKALYVIA Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia   Christian/Orthodox Saint Elder (Geron) / hesychast Clairvoyance; healing; spiritual counsel   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Greek elder (1906-1991) of Kavsokalyvia on Athos and later Athens; famed for charismatic gifts of insight and healing. Glorified 2013 (Ecumenical Patriarchate). saint
ENT_ORTH_SERAPHIM Seraphim of Sarov   Christian/Orthodox Saint Monastic wonderworker acquisition of the Holy Spirit; healing; joy   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great Russian wonderworker 0 0 0 Seraphim of Sarov, the most beloved Russian wonderworker, radiant with the light of the Holy Spirit. saint
ENT_ORTH_SERGIUS Sergius of Radonezh   Christian/Orthodox Saint Monastic wonderworker Russian monasticism; the Trinity Lavra; intercession for Russia   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great Russian wonderworker 1 0 0 Sergius of Radonezh, the great wonderworker of Russia and founder of the Trinity Lavra. saint
ENT_ORTH_SILOUAN_ATHONITE Silouan the Athonite   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hesychast / Elder (Geron) Hesychasm; the Jesus Prayer; love of enemies; 'Keep your mind in hell'   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian monk of St Panteleimon's Monastery on Athos (1866-1938); his life and teaching were transmitted by his disciple Sophrony. Glorified 1987. saint
ENT_ORTH_SIMEON_STYLITES Simeon Stylites   Christian/Orthodox Saint Pillar-ascetic extreme asceticism; the pillar; intercession   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Founder of the pillar-ascetics 0 0 0 Simeon the Stylite, who lived decades atop a pillar near Antioch, founder of the stylite ascetics. saint
ENT_ORTH_SOPHRONY_ESSEX Sophrony of Essex   Christian/Orthodox Saint Elder (Geron) / hesychast Hesychasm; the Jesus Prayer; monastic founding   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian-born archimandrite (1896-1993), disciple and biographer of Silouan the Athonite; founder of the Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex. Glorified 2019 (Ecumenical Patriarchate). saint
ENT_ORTH_SYMEON Symeon the New Theologian   Christian/Orthodox Saint Mystic the vision of the divine light; inner prayer   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great mystic 0 0 0 Symeon the New Theologian, the great Byzantine mystic of the vision of the divine light. saint
ENT_ORTH_THEODORE Theodore the Soldier   Christian/Orthodox Saint Great-martyr / warrior-saint protection of soldiers; deliverance   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Great-martyr with major cultus 0 0 0 Theodore the Recruit/General, one of the great warrior-martyrs of the East. saint
ENT_ORTH_THEOPHAN_RECLUSE Theophan the Recluse   Christian/Orthodox Saint Hierarch / spiritual writer Prayer of the heart; spiritual direction; Philokalic translation   devotional   A candidate_verified_name Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release) 0 0 0 Russian bishop (1815-1894) who retired into reclusion; translated the Philokalia into Russian (Dobrotolyubie) and wrote extensively on unceasing prayer. Glorified 1988. saint
ENT_ORTH_VLADIMIR Vladimir   Christian/Orthodox Saint Equal-to-the-Apostles the baptism of Rus'; the conversion of the Slavs   Orthodox   A candidate_verified_name Equal-to-the-Apostles ruler 0 0 0 Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev, Equal-to-the-Apostles, who baptised the Rus' in 988. 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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