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But if they have absolute power anyway, why bother with having a council?

Or do you mean that the councillors are only kept as advisors or maybe governers to deal with the smaller trivia of rulership that the Saint couldn't be bothered with, like the "Small Council" in "A Song of Ice and Fire"/"Game of Thrones"?