They pretend not to, but I grew up Catholic and I’ve known people who feel direct, holy connections to sts. Anthony or Jude. It’s one of the things that allowed Catholicism to be so effectively spread: people didn’t have to lose their old gods. Saint Brigid is just a revamp of the Celtic deity Brigid, for example.

Raised Catholic, and basically that's it. I interpret it kinda somewhere between asking your crush's friend to tell them you like them, and asking your writer friend to help you write a good love note. Idolatry would be like if you tried to date your writer friend or your crush's friend, instead of your crush.