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The Saints are the 88 Warriors of Athena ( アテナの戦士 Athena no Senshi). They fight wearing armors called “Cloths” (クロスkurosu) of different power and endurance according to the rank of the specific Saint, the design of which derive from the constellations the characters are born under. Athena's Saints are divided into three different classes: Gold Saints, Silver Saints and Bronze Saints wearing Gold Cloths, Silver Cloths and Bronze Cloths respectively. The latter is the class that the five main protagonists are part of in the manga authored by Masami Kurumada and is the lower class, then Silver Saint are the middle class and Gold Saints represents the elite and are considerably stronger than the other

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The 88 Saint reborn to protect Athena

two ranks, representing the real battle force to defeat the most powerful enemies. Despite this categories, it's not impossible to have a lower rank Saint that is indeed as strong as a Gold Saint or even stronger, that's because one of the main rules of is: "The power of a Saint is not related to the Cloth he wears but to his Cosmo".

Using the power of Cosmo, they are said to be able to cut the skies with a punch and crack the earth with a kick and they are entered into legend because they are said to appear in the eras of crisis, when the humanity is in danger, at Athena's side to protect the world at the cost of their life, rejecting all the conquest ambitions of the other deities. To acheive the status of Saint they must afford a very harsh training period that can last some years, a so hard training that many candidates to become Saints lose their lives without ever obtain the Saint rank, but it's widely known that a person should be somehow destinied or chosen by the stars to become a Saint and wear one of the 88 Cloths. This doesn't mean that soneone particulary skilled may not wake up his Cosmo even without obtaining a Cloth. Saints are known to have widely refined fighting skills thanks to the training so that they are able to quickly study the enemies fighting styles observing them and thus founding countermoves to oppose them. Saints have this high adaptabilty they seldom relapse into same mistakes, so they often say: 'The same technique cannot be successfully used against a saint twice'. This advantage can let foes' next actions betray themselves in foes' viewpoints. This is one of the factors that allow them to win even the hardest battles, even against enemies that are stronger than them. Another factor that makes them capable of this is the renowned ability to overcome their limits and to burn their Cosmo more than their usual extent, exceeding opponents that should be superior to them. This is something the 5 main Bronze Saints have been doing since the beginning. Their strength is not only from their powers though, because they usually form a sort of mutual sinergy with their Cloths so that a Cloth weared by a Saint with the right Cosmo to control it, gains a increase in his offensive and defensive capacity, as well as the Cloth itself shines with the Cosmo of the Saint getting more powerful. When a Saint doesn't burn his Cosmo accordingly with the Cloth, it can get a burden more than a defense. Although this, it happens that a Saint without his Cloth finds himself in a so desperate condition that his emotions charge his Cosmo making it explode. It's a strategy that Shiryu has learned to use after discovering his weak point located on the heart area that only his Cloth and his shield can normally cover. Because of their exceptional training they can overcome some desperate situation creating new strategies to counter the enemies powers also inventing variations of their secret techniques during the battles and catching the challengers off guard, for example Shun adapted his Nebula Chain to any of Scylla Io's beasts attacks, or Mu created a modified version of the Crystal Wall to trap in a net the fairies created by Papillon Myu. This capacity contributes also to make them able to win any war. And it should not be forgot that they have the extraordinary ablity to accomplish miracles, a mysterious feat humans have and that Gods mostly fear. There exist 12 Gold Saints, 24 Silver Saints and 48 Bronze Saints, but also 4 fabled Saints that wears an unknown type of Cloth, but few is known about them. There is also a God Cloth, worn by Athena herself, compared to it even the Gold Cloths are nothing, but during history also the Pegasus Saint, always side by side with Athena, has worn a God Cloth of his constellation.

List of constellations and Saints[]

Cloths are inspired to the 88 constellations. There are still 28 constellations that were not used in Saint Seiya. The Cerberus constellation was deleted in 1919, therefore it is anachronistic. 17 constellation were designed by N. L. Lacaille in 1763, i.e. 20 years after the events in Saint Seiya: Next Dimension and Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas(Not canonical).

The rank of many Cloths has been changed in Saint Seiya Omega(Not canonical).

Some deities other than Athena have armors inspired to the 88 constellations, too, but they are not listed here. The following table lists Athena's Saints and former Saints only.

Legend:

R. Constellation XX Cen. Next Dimension XVIII Cen. XXI Cen.
1 Pegasus Seiya Tenma Tenma Koga, Seiya
1 Draco Shiryu Ryuho, Shiryu
1 Cygnus Hyoga Hyoga
1 Andromeda Shun Shun
1 Phoenix Ikki Ikki
2 12 Gold Saints
2 Aries Mu Shion Shion Kiki
2 Taurus Aldebaran Ox Rasgado, Teneo Harbinger
2 Gemini Saga Cain & Abel Defteros & Aspros Paradox & Integra
2 Cancer Deathmask Deathtoll Manigoldo Schiller
2 Leo Aiolia Kaiser Regulus, Ilias Mycenae
2 Virgo Shaka Shijima Asmita Fudo
2 Libra Dohko Dohko Dohko Genbu, Shiryu
2 Scorpius Milo Ecarlate Cardia Sonia
2 Sagittarius Aiolos Gestalt Sisyphos Seiya
2 Capricornus Shura Izo El Cid Ionia
2 Aquarius Camus Mystoria Degel Tokisada
2 Pisces Aphrodite Cardinale Albafica, Rugonis Amor
3 24 Silver Saints
3 Ophiuchus Shaina Odysseus Ophiuchus Saint Shaina
3 Aquila Marin Aquila Saint Yuna
3 Lacerta Misty Lacerta Saint
3 Centaurus Babel Centaurus Saint
3 Cetus Moses Cetus Saint Menkar
3 Canes Venatici Asterion Canes Venatici Saint Miguel
3 Corvus Jamian Corvus Saint Johann
3 Auriga Capella Auriga Saint Almaaz
3 Perseus Algol Perseus Saint Mirfak
3 Canis Major Sirius Canis Major Saint
3 Hercules Algethi Heracles Saint
3 Musca Dio Musca Saint Fly
3 Sagitta Ptolemy, Maya Sagitta Saint Sham
3 Cepheus Daidalos, Albior
3 Lyra Orphée/Orpheus
3 Triangulum Noesis
3 Ara Nicole Hakurei
3 Delphinus Mii Delphinus Saint Guney
3 Crater Suikyo
3 Grus Yuzuriha Komachi
3 Orion Jaeger, Rigel Eden
3 Scutum Jan Ennead
3 Crux Christ Kazuma
3 25th Silver Saint (former constellations)
3 Cerberus Dante Cerberus Saint Dorer
4 48 Bronze Saints (31 classic constellations)
4 Monoceros Jabu Yato
4 Ursa Major Geki Douglas
4 Leo Minor Ban Bleriot Soma
4 Hydra Ichi Curtis Ichi
4 Lupus Nachi Junkers Haruto, Yoshitomi
4 Chamaeleon June
4 Sextans Yulij
4 Lynx Retsu Mirapolos
4 Equuleus Sho, Kyoko Celeris, Kitalpha
4 Apus Paradise
4 Bootes Boòtes Saint Bayer
4 Camelopardalis Bartsch
4 Corona Borealis Katya Corona Borealis Saint Dali
4 Dorado Spear
4 Pavo Shiva, Mayura Pavlin
4 Volans Volans Saint Argo
4 Cassiopeia Spica

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Cassiopeia Saint
4 Ursa Minor Xiaoling
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4 48 Bronze Saints (17 contemporary constellations)
4 Circinus (anachronistic) (anachronistic) Hooke
4 Caelum (anachronistic) (anachronistic) Michelangelo
4 Reticulum (anachronistic) (anachronistic) Balazo
4 Carina Argus (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Vela Argus (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Puppis Argus (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Pyxis Argus (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Antlia (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Fornax (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Horologium (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Mensa (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Microscopium (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Norma (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Octans (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Pictor (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Sculptor (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
4 Telescopium (anachronistic) (anachronistic)
5 Cloths of unknown material
5 Coma Berenices Mei
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See also[]

Note: In Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger there are 88 Kyutama of the Eighty-eight Constellation like the 88 Saints of Athena to be similar to each other saints to their constellation Kyutama.

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