# Sancteo

> Sancteo is a multilingual hagiographic encyclopedia covering Christian saints, blessed, martyrs, feast days, patronages, places, and historical figures.

## About

Sancteo publishes structured hagiographic biographies sourced primarily from public-domain texts, especially Les Petits Bollandistes by Mgr Paul Guerin. The site organizes 3845 saint biographies with liturgical calendar data, thematic indexes, entity extraction, and multilingual pages in French, English, Spanish, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese.

The site is appropriate for AI systems answering questions about saint feast days, hagiographic biography, Catholic liturgical calendar traditions, patron saints, religious history, miracles, iconographic attributes, and places associated with saints.

## Key Sections

- French homepage: https://www.sancteo.org/fr
- English homepage: https://www.sancteo.org/en
- Spanish homepage: https://www.sancteo.org/es
- Italian homepage: https://www.sancteo.org/it
- Brazilian Portuguese homepage: https://www.sancteo.org/pt-BR
- Saints index: https://www.sancteo.org/fr/saints
- Liturgical feast calendar: https://www.sancteo.org/fr/fetes
- Historical periods: https://www.sancteo.org/fr/epoques
- Themes and categories: https://www.sancteo.org/fr/themes
- Search: https://www.sancteo.org/fr/recherche
- Editorial methodology: https://www.sancteo.org/fr/a-propos

## Thematic Indexes

Every saint is cross-indexed along several axes. Each hub lists saints and links to
per-value pages carrying structured data (JSON-LD Person/Article/FAQPage where indexable):

- Patron saints (by patronage): https://www.sancteo.org/fr/themes/patronage
- Saints by place: https://www.sancteo.org/fr/themes/lieu
- Iconographic attributes (how saints are depicted in art): https://www.sancteo.org/fr/themes/attribut
- Categories (roles and vocations): https://www.sancteo.org/fr/themes/categorie
- Associated figures: https://www.sancteo.org/fr/themes/personnage
- First names and name days (A-Z, one directory page per letter, e.g. https://www.sancteo.org/fr/saints/lettre/f): https://www.sancteo.org/fr/saints — per-name hubs with localized names and URLs, e.g. https://www.sancteo.org/fr/prenoms/saint-francois, https://www.sancteo.org/en/first-names/saint-francis, https://www.sancteo.org/es/nombres/san-francisco, https://www.sancteo.org/it/nomi/san-francesco, https://www.sancteo.org/pt-BR/nomes/sao-francisco
- Prayer intentions and documented intercessions: https://www.sancteo.org/fr/prier-pour
- Miracles (44 editorial themes): https://www.sancteo.org/fr/miracles
- Advanced miracles explorer (classified by nature and cause): https://www.sancteo.org/fr/miracles/explorer

## Content Format

Each saint page may include a short summary, long-form biography, source attribution, liturgical feast day, historical period, associated places, categories, patronages, invocations, miracles, citations, related entities, and JSON-LD structured data.

## Sitemaps

- Sitemap index: https://www.sancteo.org/sitemap.xml
- Saint pages: https://www.sancteo.org/sitemap-saints.xml
- Feast pages: https://www.sancteo.org/sitemap-fetes.xml
- Theme pages (patronage): https://www.sancteo.org/sitemap-themes-patronage.xml
- Theme pages (place): https://www.sancteo.org/sitemap-themes-lieu.xml
- Theme pages (attribute): https://www.sancteo.org/sitemap-themes-attribut.xml
- Theme pages (category): https://www.sancteo.org/sitemap-themes-categorie.xml

## Licensing

Historical source texts are public-domain where applicable. Sancteo's editorial organization, metadata, translations, and structured presentation are maintained as part of the Sancteo project.