Themes and Categories

Explore saints from different angles: their status, places of life, associated historical figures, or traditional attributes.

Categories (23)

Ecclesiastical statuses, types of holiness and spiritual vocations.

confessor 811 bishop 610 Martyr 582 Priest 398 Foundress 359 Religious 350 Religious 311 Founder 277 abbot 261 virgin 237 monk 197 Layperson 162 hermit 128 missionary 120 martyr 116 solitary 103 archbishop 85 pope 61 widow 57 apostle 55 abbess 53 anchorite 47 mystic 45

Places (30)

Cities, regions and countries where saints lived, preached or were martyred.

Rome (IT) 614 Paris (FR) 133 Madrid (ES) 121 Turin (IT) 96 Milan (IT) 95 Naples (IT) 95 Constantinople (TR) 75 Barcelona (ES) 74 Florence (IT) 71 Jerusalem (IL) 69 Venice (IT) 62 Verona (IT) 58 Bologna (IT) 57 Lyon (FR) 54 Palermo (IT) 53 Valencia (ES) 51 Genoa (IT) 49 Brescia (IT) 48 Kraków (PL) 48 Cologne (DE) 47 Vienna (AT) 43 Seville (ES) 42 Tours (FR) 42 Antioch (TR) 38 Alexandria (EG) 35 Marseille (FR) 35 Toulouse (FR) 35 Trier (DE) 35 Orléans (FR) 34 Reims (FR) 33

Historical Figures (30)

Historical figures linked to saints: emperors, popes, martyrs, companions...

Jean-Paul II 615 François 412 Pape François 304 Benoît XVI 278 Angelo Amato 127 Pie XII 122 Paul VI 113 Pie XI 107 Marcello Semeraro 105 Léon XIII 102 Pape Jean-Paul II 102 Pius IX 101 Pie X 71 Léon XIV 60 Gregory XVI 48 Saint Peter 48 Benoît XV 45 José Saraiva Martins 45 Cardinal Angelo Amato 42 Charlemagne 37 Diocletian 36 Pape Benoît XVI 35 Pius VII 35 Pius VI 34 Saint Augustine 33 Benedict XIV 32 Saint Jerome 32 Jean Bosco 30 Pape Paul VI 30 Saint Paul 30

Named entities (12343)

Popes, mentioned saints, places, orders, institutions, works and concepts extracted from texts with a centrality weight.

Iconographic Attributes (20)

Objects and symbols traditionally associated with representations of saints.

episcopal vestments (191) palm (120) crucifix (105) sword (88) book (86) cross (84) crozier (62) rosary (57) hairshirt (40) pontifical vestments (38) Dominican habit (37) lily (36) monastic habit (36) monk's habit (33) Franciscan habit (32) abbot's crosier (31) abbot's crozier (30) chains (29) episcopal insignia (28) mitre (28)

Patronages (20)

Professions, causes and groups of which saints are the protectors.

Rome (18) the poor (15) Bourges (13) Naples (13) The sick (12) Tours (11) students (10) Youth (10) Lyon (9) Rouen (9) Autun (8) Cambrai (8) Clermont (8) Cologne (8) England (8) Limoges (8) Orphans (8) Poland (8) Spain (8) Amiens (7)