HaLevi ,do me a favor read my posts carefully! Other Rishonim argued. Reb Moshe called the shitta freg-up!!
1.As far as I remember the Ran, they bow in front of his coffin like that. It is a simple act of reverence. 2. If they do not treat him as a deity, it can’t be avoda zora.
What about Paris being the capital of Turkey? I guess, as far as you go, it would be.
Rishonim were greateer than us, but they were people. They were not unfallible.