§ Resources · Saints

Saints

List, fetch, search, and discover saints by patronage, country, era, or category.

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Endpoint

Paginated list. Try patronOf=travelers, countrySlug=greece, etc.

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Parameters

searchquery

patronOfquery

countrySlugquery

eraquery

genderquery

limitquery

GET https://livesofthesaintscalendar.com/api/v1/saints

List saints

GET /v1/saints — paginated list of published saints. Cursor-based pagination via nextCursor.

Query parameters

Name	Type	Description
search	string	Substring match on name, short bio, and epithet.
countrySlug	string	Limit to saints linked to this country slug.
patronOf	string	Match patronage tags (e.g. travelers, students).
category	string	Match category tags (e.g. martyr, monk).
era	string	Substring match against era (e.g. 4th century).
gender	string	Exact match (male / female).
saintKind	string	Substring match (Hierarch, Empress, …).
cursor	string	Opaque cursor from a prior nextCursor.
limit	integer	Default 25, max 100.

Example

bashbash

curl "https://livesofthesaintscalendar.com/api/v1/saints?patronOf=travelers&limit=5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer osc_live_…"

jsonjson

{
  "data": [
    {
      "slug": "saint-helena",
      "name": "Saint Helena",
      "shortBio": "Mother of Constantine the Great…",
      "saintKind": "Empress",
      "era": "4th century",
      "region": "Constantinople",
      "gender": "female",
      "feastDateIso": "2026-05-21",
      "originCountry": { "slug": "greece", "name": "Greece", "isoCode": "GR", "continent": "Europe" },
      "categories": ["empress", "finder-of-the-true-cross"],
      "patronage": ["archaeologists", "converts"],
      "iconUrl": "https://…/saint-helena.jpg",
      "url": "/saints/saint-helena"
    }
  ],
  "nextCursor": "saint-john-chrysostom"
}

Get a saint by slug

GET /v1/saints/{slug} — returns the full saint record, including all feast days, linked countries, related saints, and synaxarion fields.

bashbash

curl https://livesofthesaintscalendar.com/api/v1/saints/saint-helena \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer osc_live_…"

jsonjson

{
  "slug": "saint-helena",
  "name": "Saint Helena",
  "shortBio": "…",
  "altNames": ["Helena Augusta"],
  "epithet": "Equal-to-the-Apostles",
  "feastDays": [
    { "month": 5, "day": 21, "calendar": "gregorian", "title": "Synaxis of Saints Constantine and Helena" }
  ],
  "countries": [{ "slug": "greece", "name": "Greece", "isoCode": "GR", "continent": "Europe" }],
  "patronage": ["archaeologists", "converts"],
  "keyFacts": { … },
  "sources": [ … ]
}

Hymnography

GET /v1/saints/{slug}/hymnography— just the troparion, kontakion, prayer, and mode. Good for liturgical apps that don't want the whole record.

jsonjson

{
  "saint": { "slug": "saint-helena", "name": "Saint Helena" },
  "troparionHtml": "<p>Having beheld the image…</p>",
  "troparionMode": "Plagal of the Fourth",
  "troparionSource": "Menaion",
  "kontakionHtml": "<p>…</p>",
  "prayerHtml": "<p>…</p>"
}

Patron saints

Use the patronOf filter on the list endpoint. Tags are lowercase and free-form — common ones include travelers, students, mothers, physicians.

bashbash

curl "https://livesofthesaintscalendar.com/api/v1/saints?patronOf=mothers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer osc_live_…"