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Catholic Saints

All 1,855 saints from the Wikipedia list of Catholic saints, martyrs included and flagged: birth and death dates as history recorded them (exact days, circa years, whole centuries), beatification and canonization dates, age at death where it can honestly be computed, and each saint's feast day and patronage pulled from their own article.
1,855 rows 1 file last pulled 2026-08-28
Catholic Saints 1,855 rows × 12 columns
Saint_NameBirth_DateDeath_DateBeatified_DateCanonization_DateNotesMartyredAge_at_DeathFeast_DayFeast_Day_DTPatronageSaint_URL

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What is the Catholic Saints dataset?

All 1,855 saints from the Wikipedia list of Catholic saints, martyrs included and flagged: birth and death dates as history recorded them (exact days, circa years, whole centuries), beatification and canonization dates, age at death where it can honestly be computed, and each saint's feast day and patronage pulled from their own article.

How big is the Catholic Saints dataset?

1,855 rows in one CSV file, with 12 columns in total: Saint_Name, Birth_Date, Death_Date, Beatified_Date, Canonization_Date, Notes, Martyred, Age_at_Death, Feast_Day, Feast_Day_DT, Patronage, Saint_URL.

Where does the data come from?

It is built by programmatically scraping en.wikipedia.org, last pulled on 2026-08-28. Datasets are versioned; older versions stay downloadable.

Is the dataset free to download?

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Can I see the code that built this dataset?

Yes. The exact Python scraper that built it is viewable on the dataset page by any signed-in member, so every number is reproducible.

Can the data contain errors?

Automated scraping leaves room for error and the underlying sources change over time, so no version is guaranteed accurate or complete. If a number matters, verify it against the original source.

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