[Tagging] patron saints

[Friedrich Volkmann]

On 28.01.2015 05:01, John F. Eldredge wrote:
> On 01/25/2015 10:29 AM, Friedrich Volkmann wrote:
>> Probable all christian churches (buildings) and most chapels are dedicated
>> to patron saints.
>> E.g. the Basilica Sancti Petri (Saint Peter's Basilica) in Vatican City is
>> obviously dedicated to Sanctus Petrus (Saint Peter). As in this example, the
>> patron saint is often part of the common name of a church. But this example
>> also shows that an automated extraction is almost impossible.
> 
> This depends upon which branch of Christianity you are talking about. Many
> Protestant denominations do not recognize the existence of saints in the
> Roman Catholic sense of no-longer-living humans who serve as intermediaries
> between living humans and God.  We colloquially refer to some of the early
> church leaders as saints, referring to Saint Peter or Saint Paul, but feel
> that prayers should be directed to God, not to any lesser being.

That's interesting, because I always thought of christianism as a
polytheistic religion.

Now there seems to be a consensus to use a dedication=* key, which certainly
works for monotheists as well.

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