Home›Subcategories›SaintsSubcategoriesSaints64 of 554 entries in Figures. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Saints." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/character/saints.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Saints. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/character/saintsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-saints, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Saints}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/character/saints}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXPeople recognised for exceptional holiness and venerated after death. Recognition is not one procedure: canonisation in the Roman church is a formal judicial process with a defined sequence, the Orthodox churches speak instead of glorification, and figures such as Brigid of Kildare, George and Christopher were acclaimed by local devotion long before any central procedure existed. The Marian titles filed here, Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, Our Lady of Mercy and Our Lady of Regla, are one figure named by place, and in Cuban practice they are also where Catholic devotion and Lucumi orisha meet.FactsLearn MoreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsOriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedChristian recognition is not one procedure. The earliest cults arose by local acclamation; the Latin Church reserved the judgement to the papacy in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, entrusted it to the Congregation of Rites in 1588 and reformed the process in 1983; the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches recognise saints by decision of their own synods, with no comparable juridical process. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedMen and women recognised by their tradition as holy, held up as models and often venerated as intercessors. Every figure gathered here is Christian; figures of exceptional holiness in other religions are recognised by quite different means and are not the same institution. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1BrowseCompareSelect all 64Ambrose of MilanSaints8 linksAnselm of CanterburySaints7 linksAnthony of PaduaSaints4 linksAthanasius of AlexandriaSaints8 linksAugustine of HippoSaints24 linksBarbaraSaints6 linksBasil the GreatSaints17 linksBedeSaints9 linksBenedict of NursiaSaints9 linksBernadette SoubirousSaints7 linksBernard of ClairvauxSaints11 linksBrigid of KildareSaints5 linksCatherine of SienaSaints4 linksCeciliaSaints3 linksChristopherSaints4 linksClare of AssisiSaints4 linksCuthbert of LindisfarneSaints6 linksDominic de GuzmanSaints3 linksFrancis of AssisiSaints13 linksFrancisco MartoSaints7 linksGeorgeSaints10 linksGregory of NazianzusSaints4 linksGregory of NyssaSaints4 linksGregory PalamasSaints4 linksGregory the GreatSaints6 linksHildegard of BingenSaints5 linksIgnatius of LoyolaSaints7 linksIrenaeusSaints11 linksJacinta MartoSaints8 linksJames the JustSaints7 linksJeromeSaints10 linksJoan of ArcSaints4 linksJohn CassianSaints4 linksJohn ChrysostomSaints13 linksJohn of DamascusSaints5 linksJohn of the CrossSaints8 linksJoseph of NazarethSaints8 linksJuan DiegoSaints9 linksLawrence of RomeSaints2 linksLazarusSaints9 linksLonginusSaints6 linksMartin of ToursSaints5 linksMarySaints52 linksMichael the ArchangelSaints4 linksNicholasSaints8 linksNorbert of XantenSaints4 linksOur Lady of Charity of El CobreSaints3 linksOur Lady of MercySaints4 linksOur Lady of ReglaSaints2 linksPatrickSaints8 linksSaint YaredSaints8 linksSebastianSaints5 linksSeraphim of SarovSaints7 linksSergius of RadonezhSaints5 linksStephen the ProtomartyrSaints4 linksSymeon the New TheologianSaints2 linksTeresa of AvilaSaints7 linksThomas AquinasSaints21 linksVeronicaSaints6 linksBridget of SwedenSaints5 linksCaedmonSaints2 linksGregory the IlluminatorSaints2 linksHilda of WhitbySaints2 linksMacrina the YoungerSaints2 linksLearn MoreThe Saints This group holds saints, men and women recognised by their traditions as holy, whose lives are held up as models and who are often venerated as intercessors. Sainthood is most formally developed in Christianity, with its processes of canonisation, but analogous figures of exceptional holiness appear across religions. The browser will find the saints the atlas gathers, from martyrs and church fathers to mystics and founders of religious orders. The entries describe each figure's life, reputation for holiness and the devotion attached to them.Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised editiontier 1F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2005s.v. Canonization of SaintsView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? 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