saint vs St. Francis

saint and St. Francis both are nouns.

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

saint (noun)	St. Francis (noun)
person of exceptional holiness	a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas
model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal	(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

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