The article is devoted to the identification of individual copyright intentions embodied in the image of St. Sergius of Radonezh in the works of Russian writers of the twentieth century end. It is concluded that cognitive-discursive potential name of a saint. Characterized by primary and secondary types of author intentionality. In terms of the problem’s essay analyzes the poetics Y.M. Loschits «In the fields of lives» and the historical novel D.M. Balashov «Praise Sergius».
