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In the same way that Christians moved Jesus' birthday to coincide with a Pagan holiday to ease conversion, did Catholics invent the concept of Sainthood and multiple saints representing certain elements in life to mirror pagans and their multiple Gods representing certain elements in life?

by /u/[deleted] in /r/AskHistorians

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