List of High Pontiffs of the Church of the Canon
The High Pontiff of the Church of the Canon is the undisputed head of the church, Vicar of God, and inheritor of the spiritual authority of the Exalted. The High Pontiff is elected by the Holy Synod upon the death of the previous Pontiff.
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History of High Pontificate
The first iteration of what would eventually become the High Pontiff was the High Priest of the Temple of the True Faith. The founders of this predecessor of the church were High Priests Evaristus I and Clement I, who received the Scroll of Virtue and the Scroll of Spirit from Exalted Owyn. When Emperor Godfrey Horen received the Scroll of Gospel he centralized the Temple under the authority of the Holy Emperors. The Temple was later independent under Exalted Sigismund, the fourth and final prophet, when he was given the fourth and final Scroll: the Scroll of Auspice. Under Sigismund the Temple of the True Faith was rebranded as the Church of the Canon, in order to honor the culmination of God's prophecy for humanity.
The First High Priests - Pre-1300
First Interregnum - Pre-1400
The First Interregnum was caused by the splitting of Oren into Hanseti, Renatus and Salvus.
Name Flexio |
Portrait | Pontificate | Personal Name | Place of Birth | Coat of Arms | Notes |
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Prince-Archbishop James I Papa Jacobus Primus |
??? - ??? | James Hightower | ??? | Son of Everard I. Appointed by Lord Regent Reynard Lycian. | ||
High Pontiff Pius I Papa Pius Primus |
1396 - 1408 | Gideon Silverblade | ??? | A High Elf born to House Silverblade. Instated by the newly-crowned Godfrey of Horen. | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Adeodatus I Papa Adeodatus Primus |
1408 - 1415 | Boiendl Silverblade | ??? | -- | ||
St. High Pontiff Lucien I Papa Lucianus Primus |
1415 - 1421 | Velwyn Ashford | Ulmsbottom, Aeldin | Patron Saint of Crusaders, Change, and the Family. | ||
High Pontiff Owyn I Papa Ovens Primus |
1421 - 1437 | Goddard Carrion | Salvus, Oren | -- |
Second Interregnum - 1444
The Second Interregnum was caused by the abolition of the Pontifical throne by Owyn I; a deeply heretical move which was immediately resisted by clergy.
Third Interregnum - 1460
The Third Interregnum was caused by the abolition of the Church at the hands of Robert Chivay and the institution of the Reformed Communion, a caesaropapist tradition presided over by High Patriarch Thomas I, which greatly curbed the rights of the clergy. Church activity waned until the Vibian Coup, and the Canonist Church was restored by the will of Thomas I.
Name Flexio |
Portrait | Pontificate | Personal Name | Place of Birth | Coat of Arms | Notes |
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High Pontiff Thomas I Papa Thomas Primus |
1460 - 1471 | Cordal Winter de Herendul | Kaedrin, Oren | Restorer of the Church. | ||
High Pontiff Daniel I Papa Daniel Primus |
1471 - 1512 | Siguine Barrow | Abresi, Oren | Coined the term "Canonism" and rebranded the Temple of the True Faith as the Church of the Canon. | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Sixtus III Papa Xystus Tertius |
1512 - 1518 | Theodosius Yurison of Fursten | Adria, Oren | Assassinated by an unknown man, and martyred. | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Daniel II Papa Daniel Secundus |
1518 - 1525 | Cordal Winter de Herendul | Kaedrin, Oren | Only man to have ever been crowned as the leader of the faith twice. | ||
St. High Pontiff Everard II Papa Everardus Secundus |
1525 - 1537 | Edmund Sarkozic de Montfort of Eastcliffe | Montfort, Adria | Second Pontiff to be unanimously chosen by a papal conclave. | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Lucien III Papa Lucianus Tertius |
1537 - 1546 | Fernando Mauricio Pablo Erik Jimena Asturias Bolivar de Cordobe | Cordobe, Couentre | Converted Lord Protector Nafis Yar to Canonism. | ||
High Pontiff Tobias I Papa Tobias Primus |
1546 - 1552 | Oliver II Blackwell-Greymane of Brelus | Brelus, Oren | One of the last of the line of Blackwell. | ||
High Pontiff Daniel III Papa Daniel Tertius |
1552 - 1562 | Charles Francis Horen of Felsen | Felsen, Oren | Imperial Prince and Duke of Furnestock. Known as 'the Mad'. | ||
High Pontiff Theodosius I Papa Theodosius Primus |
1562 - 1567 | Georgiy Nikovic | Godansk, Krajia | Revoked the revelations of Daniel III. | ||
St. High Pontiff Sixtus IV Papa Xystus Quartus |
1567 - 1577 | Beneger Gotthold | Felsen, Oren | Patron Saint of Theologians. | ||
High Pontiff Lucien IV Papa Lucianus Quartus |
1577 - 1578 | Giovanni di Luca | Felsen, Oren | Second shortest reigning Pontiff in history | ||
High Pontiff Everard III Papa Everardus Tertius |
1577 - 1578 | Bernard Baruch of Voron | Carnatia, Oren | -- | ||
High Pontiff Theodosius II Papa Theodosius Secundus |
1585 - 1588 | Yaroslav Vasilev of Vsenk | Godansk, Krajia | Excommunicated Emperor Philip I. Later deposed. | ||
High Pontiff Adrian I Papa Hadrian Primus |
1588 - 1598 | Lothar Sarkozic Himmel of Aeldin | Blackwood, Aeldin | Attempted to reunify the heretical sects under the faith once again. | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Daniel IV Papa Daniel Quartus |
1598 - 1604 | William Nicholas Frable of Metz | Metz, Lorraine | Abdicated in frustration after failing to reunify the church. | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Owyn II Papa Ovenius Secundus |
1604 - 1608 | Rory Othaman of Karlsburg | St. Karlsburg, Haense | Murdered by the Stauntons of Courland. | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Lucien V Papa Lucianus Quintus |
1606 - 1610 | Alexander Grey of Mardon | Mardon, Oren | Reunified Owynism with the Mother Church. | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Clement II Papa Clemens Secundus |
1610 - 1622 | Sebastian Sarkozic | ??? | -- | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Everard IV Papa Everardus Quartus |
1622 - 1643 | Josef Baldemar of Alban | St. Karlsburg, Haense | -- | ||
High Pontiff Clement III Papa Clemens Tertius |
1643 - 1649 | Jack Amador of Mardon | Mardon, Oren | -- | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Jude I Papa Judaeus Primus |
1649 - 1672 | Elphias Stem | Metz, Lorraine | -- | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Siegmund I Papa Sigismundus Primus |
1672 - 1693/1720 | Yurii Radovic of Haense | ??? | -- | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Daniel V Papa Daniel Quintus |
1693 - 1702 | Elwood of Carolustadt | Carolustadt, Renatus | -- | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Pontian II Papa Pontian Secundus |
1702 - 1714 | Theodoric Andries Bracchus de Ruyter of Markev | Markev, Haense | -- | ||
High Pontiff Everard V Papa Everardus Quintus |
1714 - 1720 | Thomas Wick of Haense | Markev, Haense | Resigned along with Anti-Pontiff Siegmund I in order to elect another High Pontiff. | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Daniel VI Papa Daniel Sextus |
1720 - 1737 | Guy Haas | Ves, Adria | A revolutionary reformer of the church who was elected at the Council of Ves by Everard V and Siegmund I. | ||
V. High Pontiff John I Papa Johannes Primus |
1737 - 1745 | Ernst of Curonia | Avalain, Curonia | -- | ||
V. High Pontiff Pontian III Papa Pontianus Tertius |
1745 - 1752 | Ide Haraccus of Ves | Haphesian Mountains, Aeldin | -- | ||
St. High Pontiff James II Papa Jacobus Secundus |
1753 – 1802 | Godric Virosi of Reza | Reza, Haense | Known for role in the expedition of Athera to recover lost verses of the Scroll of Auspice. Longest reigning High Pontiff. | ||
High Pontiff Owyn III Papa Ovinus Tertius |
1802 - 1807 | Laurence Pruvia-Albarosa of Ves | Commonwealth of Kaedrin, Ves | Deposed at the bloody Diet of Karosgrad after condemnations by the Holy Orenian Empire and the Kingdom of Haense | ||
V. High Pontiff Jude II Papa Judaeus Secundus |
1807 - 1820 | Manfried Tobar | Helena, Oren | Murdered in the confessional at the height of the ongoing war between the Iron Accord and the Holy Orenian Empire. | ||
High Pontiff Tylos I Papa Tylus Primus |
1820 - 1835 | Alfred Barclay of Reinmar | New Reza, Haense | Initiated the Azdrazi Inquisition near the end of his tenure, which was supported by the Canonist Princes. | ||
Bl. High Pontiff Everard VI Papa Everardus Sextus |
1835 - 1856 | Yaromir Nikuldov of Haense | New Reza, Haense | Third Pontiff to be unanimously chosen by a papal conclave. Known for excommunicating Emperor Philip III and Anastasia twice. |
Post-Empire Pontificates - 1868
During the onset of 1868, Holy Orenian Emperor Philip III (reigned 1849-1868) passed away and later his wife too - Empress-Regnant Anastasia I (reigned 1853-1868) - from grief. Upon their deaths, Frederick Charles - their seventh born child - declared the dissolution of the Holy Orenian Empire and the restoration of the Kingdom of Oren with himself as King, justifying it as the will of his parents. This was met with large amounts of controversy, including by Peter Augustus - the former monarchs' third born child - who declared himself the Holy Orenian Emperor in response. However, most of the Empire's vassals swore fealty to King Frederick I and would together defeat Peter IV in the Brothers' War, resulting in his death and the death of the Empire. While the dissolution of the Empire did not have a direct effect on the Church of the Canon's pontificate itself, it did cause a hole to form in Canonist theology and Canon Law which deemed the Holy Orenian Empire as the continuation of the Exalted Godfrey's realm in which the Emperor also serves as the temporal equivalent of the High Pontiff's spiritual authority. This dissolution occurred midway through the pontifical reign of Tylos II.
Name Flexio |
Portrait | Pontificate | Personal Name | Place of Birth | Coat of Arms | Notes |
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Bl. High Pontiff Tylos II Papa Tylus Secundus |
1856 - 1876 | Fiodor Jazloviecki | Karosgrad, Haense | Formally raised the minimum age requirement for the sacrament of matrimony from 16 to 18 through an encyclical letter in response to new societal norms among Canonists that considered 18 to be the age of majority. Reigning High Pontiff during the dissolution of the Holy Orenian Empire. | ||
High Pontiff Tylos III Papa Tylus Tertius |
1876 - 1886 | Klaus Barclay | Reinmar, Haense | Destroyed the title of Fidei Defensor. | ||
High Pontiff Pontian IV Papa Pontianus Quartus |
1886 - 1920 | Adrian Helen Sarkozic | Providence, Holy Orenian Empire | Third-Longest reigning Pontiff - Tenure lasting 34 years, before H. Pont. Daniel I (41 yrs.) and H. Pont. James II (49 yrs.) | ||
High Pontiff Sixtus V Papa Sixtus Quintus |
1920 - 1950 | Iosif Basrid | Karosgrad, Haense | Absent from his pontifical duties in the latter half of his tenure and saw the de facto dissolution of the Canonist League due to tensions in Canondom. | ||
High Pontiff Sixtus VI Papa Sixtus Sextus |
1951 - Present | Arnaud Constantine Novellen | Valfleur, Petra | The first High Pontiff to originate from the Commonwealth of the Petra. |