Magna Aenilia Ecclesia/The Sanctus

The Sanctus

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The Sanctus was created by a man named Kazuma shortly after the defeat of the Sanctum of Casshern. After asking fellow members of the Magna Aenilia Ecclesia if they approved of it. He found that it was to be accepted in the church as the holy symbol. After many years the Aenilian culture started to evolve into it. People walked the streets wearing necklaces bearing the Sanctus and all the newer churches were in the shape of the Sanctus as well. Meaning they all had a main room leading off with four corridors with two more room on each end, however bigger churches or churches in compact areas could not spare themselves for this newer design because of their area and foundations. So instead, they churched made up with floor patterns of the Sanctus. A lot of newer churches bear both.

People also started to dress differently after the making of the Sanctus. Some people say it was unrelated but most stay with the idea that Sanctus sparked this Aenilian culture revolution. People started to were "holy robes" That the church began to produce and they became very popular. Out of this the church was able to make more money to fund even more churches and society was free to grow. One very prestigious shoemaker in Idapur came up with imprinting the Sanctus on the bottom of peoples shoes.

But was this the end of it? Not, of course not. The Sanctus became something in weaponry too. The hilt was in the shape of the Sanctus and according to blacksmiths has been quite effective. Sanctus's have also been embedded in a lot of Magna Aenilian armour. This became an excellent indicator of Aenilic faith. For infiltrators they started using Sanctus stars instead of Ninja stars. This allso brought about the idea of burning people on the Sanctus.

Sanctifying

Sanctification came about after the Magna Aenilic culture revolution. This is art of where ones hands and feet are nailed to the Sanctus, lifted up on a 50 foot pole and left to die. Sanctification became very popular during the time of Luyten Dell. This was his most effective form of execution. Due to Luyten's high standings within the chruch and his island wide respect. Aenilic cultures all around the island began to perform this action on heretic mainly. But it was also used for mundane executions under the sentence of "Distressing the Aenilic Society".

Sanctifying was usually done on a wooden Sanctus but with nobles it was common that is was done with a golden Sanctus. On some occasions archers were ordered to fire at people who had been Sanctified but hadn't yet died. It was also popular to let the Sanctus fall after the person had been sanctified and let them plummet to the ground to their death. In Aenilic culture. These are considered "kind" ways of performing the sanctification. At least to Luyten they are.