Named places 3010
Themes and Categories
Explore saints from different angles: their status, places of life, associated historical figures, or traditional attributes.
Categories (30)
Ecclesiastical statuses, types of holiness and spiritual vocations.
confessor 811 bishop 608 Martyr 582 Priest 399 Foundress 359 Religious 350 Religious 311 Founder 277 abbot 260 virgin 256 monk 197 Layperson 168 missionary 141 hermit 128 martyr 116 solitary 102 archbishop 85 mystic 76 pope 70 widow 57 apostle 55 abbess 53 anchorite 47 pilgrim 37 Doctor of the Church 36 deacon 33 martyrs 31 thaumaturge 29 patriarch 28 Doctor of the Church 27
Places (30)
Cities, regions and countries where saints lived, preached or were martyred.
Rome (IT) 612 Paris (FR) 133 Madrid (ES) 121 Turin (IT) 96 Milan (IT) 95 Naples (IT) 95 Barcelona (ES) 74 Constantinople (TR) 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 614 François 412 Pape François 329 Benoît XVI 278 Angelo Amato 127 Pie XII 122 Paul VI 113 Pape Jean-Paul II 112 Pie XI 107 Marcello Semeraro 105 Léon XIII 102 Pius IX 101 Pie X 71 Léon XIV 60 Cardinal Angelo Amato 54 Gregory XVI 48 Saint Peter 48 Benoît XV 45 José Saraiva Martins 45 Pape Benoît XVI 41 Charlemagne 37 Diocletian 36 Pius VII 35 Pius VI 34 Benedict XIV 32 Pape Paul VI 32 Saint Augustine 32 Saint Jerome 32 Jean Bosco 30 Saint Paul 30
Named entities (12343)
Popes, mentioned saints, places, orders, institutions, works and concepts extracted from texts with a centrality weight.
Regions 45
Countries 17
Saints mentioned 3047
Popes 303
People 3533
Orders 176
Institutions 974
Concepts 211
Events 262
Works 379
Relics 306
Other 80
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.