Lazarus confusion

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I know many people who come from South America and the Caribbean. An ongoing thing I’ve noticed is a confusion with Santeria and Catholicism mainly because Santeria use our saint names for their gods, etc… I was speaking to a Catholic friend of mine and she said her father likes St. Lazarus “the one with the dog licking his sores”. However, that is the one in the parable in Luke, why is he a saint? Is there a confusion with Santeria since his name is used in their paganism??

P.S. I know Lazarus of Bethany is a saint (The friend of Jesus who was raised).
 
According to Wikipedia (I know…) there was a Knightly Order of Saint Lazarus. If the devotion to him does not stem from this, there may be a confusion between the 2 men.

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Also, Catholic websites list this Lazarus from the parable as a Saint (with pictures of him with the dogs). Why is this? Why is a character from a parable a Saint?
 
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I know many people who come from South America and the Caribbean. An ongoing thing I’ve noticed is a confusion with Santeria and Catholicism mainly because Santeria use our saint names for their gods, etc… I was speaking to a Catholic friend of mine and she said her father likes St. Lazarus “the one with the dog licking his sores”. However, that is the one in the parable in Luke, why is he a saint? Is there a confusion with Santeria since his name is used in their paganism??

P.S. I know Lazarus of Bethany is a saint (The friend of Jesus who was raised).
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its not only lazarus, they use the virgin mary, jesus and various saints names for their “gods”…they even use the holy souls too but they called them the anima sola…

even though they are using catholic names…they arent praying to these saints etc…like you said…they are praying to their “gods”…the name is just a cover up
 
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Also, Catholic websites list this Lazarus from the parable as a Saint (with pictures of him with the dogs). Why is this? Why is a character from a parable a Saint?
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Because many believe him to be a real human being. No other 'character in a parable" by our LORD, is given a name.

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