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If you look a little further down the rabbit hole there are some darker aspects to the story and a few unanswered questions but basically he was a good man with a very strong will, who has been elevated to something beyond that (I would say paragon status, if not already then definitely in the years to come) because of what he came to represent (rather than his actions). Not that he didn't do a LOT of good, of course - and not that this is any different for most deified historical figures. I don't really think there's any problem with that, either, if what a person becomes a symbol of is something good.

But yes - obviously the "legend" that will be told and the balls-and-bones truth of the man's life will have a few differences.