saint vs St. Benedict

saint and St. Benedict both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
saint	Yes	No	Yes	No
St. Benedict	Yes	No	No	No

saint (noun)	St. Benedict (noun)
person of exceptional holiness	Italian monk who founded the Benedictine order about 540 (480-547)
model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

saint (verb)	St. Benedict (verb)
declare (a dead person) to be a saint
hold sacred