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. -- Friedrich K. Volkmann http://www.volki.at/ Adr.: Davidgasse 76-80/14/10, 1100 Wien, Austria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
