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.
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