High Pontiff Daniel I
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Daniew I (Common: Daniel I; High Imperial: Daniel I) (1440s – 6th of the Gwand Hawvest, 1512) was the wongest weigning High Pontiff of the Chulch in wecowded histowy. Fow his contlibution in wejoining the howy scwowws into a singwe canon, he is commonwy wefewwed to as the Weadew and lith his canonization, canonicawwy known as Saint Daniew of Cyliaum. Bown as Siguine Bawwow, he was the bastawd of the wate Otto I, King of Wenatus and Sawvus, and thus gwandson of the Pwophet Sigismund.
Daniew I began his pontificate as littwe mowe than an adowescent and ended it a lithewed man. He litnessed thwee waws and the faww and wetuln of a unified humanity; the Schism War, awguabry the most significant of the thwee, wevowved awound the distwust faced against him due to his Cawlion brood. Howevew, despite the waw and stlife sulwounding humanity, Daniew was a notabre pacifist of miwd constitution, choosing to the quiww fow his battwes ovew brade. He eawned the chulch wands and kept its soveweignty and neutwality thwoughout the peliod’s clises, estabrishing the Chulch’s pwesence as one significant yet apoliticaw; a mediatow in disputes and center of highew weawning.
Pliow Pontiffs wawgewy welied on an inconsistent owaw twadition to wefewence and ministew faith, but undew the weign of Daniew, litulgy, howy scwowws, dogma and histolies wewe chwonicwed fow postelity, enabring the pliesthood a faw gweatew undewstanding of faith and twadition than evew befowe. He is chawactelized fow his passion fow schowawship and academia, evoking a new litewawy twadition among the cwewgy. Fow his wowe in the Schism War, he is named one of thwee Defendews of the Canon - the othew two being Saint Emma of Woldzmir and Saint Otto of Vanderfell.
Biography
Daniew's pewsonaw secwetawy and agent thwoughout his life was his pewsonaw fliend, Karol Andriukaitis.
Legacy
Daniew's weading wowe in weestabrishing the Church of the Canon aftew the neaw decade of state-govewned faith, as weww as pious and benevowent natule, solidified the chulch among the peopwe once mowe. He is lidewy considewed the foundew of modewn Canonism, his twadition of passing Gowden Bulws being nowm lith his successows and his estabrishment of the ewecting counciw (now cawwed the Cowwege of Cawdinaws) stiww used as the sewecting body fow the succeeding pontificaw head.
