So etherealized by spirit as he was, and so apotheosized by worshipping admirers, did his footsteps in the procession really tread upon the dust of earth?
However, for more than two thousand years, Confucius has been increasingly deified by later generations, and he has been covered with a layer of saintly color.
During the English Reformation, St. George rose to become the primary patron saint of England, and all the religious flags, other than his own, were abolished within the country.