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.

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'}

8 rows where entity_class = "saint" and tradition = "Coptic Christian"

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  • saint · 8 ✖
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_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

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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]);