High Septon (stonemason)

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Pate
Titles
Allegiance The Faith of the Seven
Book A Feast For Crows (Mentioned)

This High Septon, whose birth name was Pate, was appointed High Septon after King Baelor I informed the Most Devout that the Seven had revealed the new High Septon's identity to him.

About

During his reign King Baelor had him, a stonemason by trade, named as the High Septon. He could carve stonework so beautifully that Baelor believed him to be the Smith in human form. While a fantastic stonecarver, this High Septon could not read, write or recite any prayers and must have been ill suited to his new vocation High Septon.[1]

It was rumored that to spare the realm embarrassment, Viserys Targaryen used his position as Hand to have him poisoned, thereby ridding the realm of an ineffectual High Septon.[1] He survived only for a year before a fever took him.[2]

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