Cultivated sort names Saracen in novel (11,3)
I believe the answer is:
renaissance man
'cultivated sort' is the definition.
(term for a cultured or learned person)
'names saracen in novel' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in a new or novel order).
'names'+'saracen'+'in'='namessaracenin'
'namessaracenin' is an anagram of 'RENAISSANCE MAN'.
(Other definitions for renaissance man that I've seen before include "Wide-ranging intellectual" , "Person with many talents or interests" , "All-rounder" , "Catholic intellectual" .)