Catholicism and Saints

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I’m not very religious, but whenever I travel to European countries there’s always a local “Patron Saint” that the locals admonish or pray to (like Saint Sebastien – Patron Saint of Mallorca, or Saint Lucy in Venice being the Patron Saint of the blind). My question is, how is this not technically polytheistic? I thought you were only supposed to pray to God? Thanks!

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A town only has one mayor. As a citizen you can go ask the mayor about something you need, there is nothing against it.

But you can also go find one of the local councillors or officials or public servants responsible for specific sectors in town and ask them instead. They will either help you themselves or bring your case to the mayor and council if they think it is worth their attention.

Your town still has one mayor, it just has other people in the local government.

That is how Christians view God, Saints etc. Having mane saints does not make the religion polytheistic in the same way your town is not polymayoral 😀

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