saint

…His penance was said to have been a fierce struggle against solitude and hunger in a desert cave for over 80 years, and after his death, pilgrims from all over the world came to his tomb to admire his virtue. The Catholic Church has a system in which such heroic and virtuous men are officially recognized as saints, given the title of saint along with martyrs, and venerated by establishing holidays. In addition, it is a common Catholic custom to entrust certain occupations, disasters, and even certain places, schools, facilities, and other buildings to saints in order to ask for their protection, based on the virtues and supernatural powers of saints. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "saint" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…彼の苦行は，砂漠の洞窟における80有余年にわたる孤独と飢餓との凄絶な闘いとして伝えられ，彼の没後，その墓の前には，世界の各地から徳を慕って訪れる巡礼者があとを絶たなかった。カトリック教会には，こうした英雄的な有徳の士を正式に聖人saintとして公認し，殉教者martyrとともに，聖人の号を与え，祝日を定めて崇敬する制度がある。また，聖人の徳や超自然的な力にあやかり，特定の職業や災難，さらには特定の場所や学校，施設などの建造物を聖人にゆだねて保護を乞う習慣もカトリックでは広く行われている。…

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