saint vs St. John the Apostle

saint and St. John the Apostle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
saint	Yes	No	Yes	No
St. John the Apostle	Yes	No	No	No

saint (noun)	St. John the Apostle (noun)
person of exceptional holiness	(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
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. John the Apostle (verb)
declare (a dead person) to be a saint
hold sacred