Paraphrasing Paul: I must decrease and Christ must increase.
I’m guessing Paul would’ve thought dimmly of his remains becoming iconic.
Didn't St. Paul say that he saw dimly through a glass? If so, I suppose that means that he thought dimly as well.
I don't know what he would have thought about his remains becoming relics. Relics and icons are both objects of veneration. But is a relic iconic? I have always thought of relics and icons as being quite different objects. But perhaps you have a point. How do you conceive a relic as being iconic?
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“I’m guessing Paul would’ve thought dimly of his remains becoming iconic.”
For sure. The flesh profiteth nothing; it is the Spirit that giveth life.
Paul admonished those inclined toward hero worship - he reminded them that it was Jesus Christ who died for their sins, not “Paul or Appollos”.
Peter never even went to Rome. He was the apostle to the “circumcision”.