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