sainthood - saints collectively

deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

patron saint - a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation

Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose - (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)

Andrew, Saint Andrew, Saint Andrew the Apostle, St. Andrew - (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland

Anselm, Saint Anselm, St. Anselm - an Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God

Aquinas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas - (Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology; presented philosophical proofs of the existence of God (1225-1274)

Athanasius, Athanasius the Great, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius - (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a Church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)

Augustine, Augustine of Hippo, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine - (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became Bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)

Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil, St. Basil the Great, Basil - (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)

Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket, Thomas a Becket - (Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II concerning Henry's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170)

Baeda, Beda, Bede, Saint Baeda, Saint Beda, Saint Bede, St. Baeda, St. Beda, St. Bede, the Venerable Bede - (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)

Saint Benedict, St. Benedict, Benedict - Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)

Apostle of Germany, Boniface, Saint Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith - (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was martyred in Frisia (680-754)

Bridget, Brigid, Saint Bride, Saint Bridget, Saint Brigid, St. Bride, St. Bridget, St. Brigid, Bride - Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523)

Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno - (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101)

Domingo de Guzman, Dominic, Saint Dominic, St. Dominic - (Roman Catholic Church) Spanish priest who founded an order whose members became known as Dominicans or Black Friars (circa 1170-1221)

Edward the Confessor, Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor - son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066)

Edward the Martyr, Saint Edward the Martyr, St. Edward the Martyr - King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978)

Francis of Assisi, Giovanni di Bernardone, Saint Francis, Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Francis, St. Francis of Assisi - (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)

Buddha - one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment

fakeer, fakir, faqir, faquir - a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man

good person - a person who is good to other people

crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey - someone excellent of their kind; "he's a jimdandy of a soldier"

role model, model - someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model"

class act - someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence

humdinger - someone of remarkable excellence; "a humdinger of a secretary"

reverence, venerate, revere, fear - regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"

adjudge, declare, hold - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"