St-Iakonos (Gepid) (The Ashes of Rome Map Game)

Saint Iakonos (born Iakonos Nogopolos), known as Saint Iakonos of Dacia in Greece and Saint Iakonos of Gepid in Gepid, is a greek saint of the Christianism and Patron Saint of the Gepid Republic, famous for his role in the conversion of the Gepids during their time under the Byzantine Empire. St-Iakonos frequent dispute with the Byzantine Basileus (Emperor) would make him popular among the Gepid, and his patience and kindness would help him to convert the Gepid to the Christ's Faith. For his efforts in Dacia, he would subsequently be named by the pope bishop, then archbishop of Buteridava. Stories said that he died during a Mass as Jesus appeared from Heaven in front of his eyes to take Iakonos with him. In 602, in hope of avoiding a Gepid rebellion, the Byzantine Basileus influenced the actual Pope to canonize Iakonos as St-Iakonos. Although it was well recieved in Dacia, it didn't stop the rebellion, which ended with Gepid independence and the foundation of the Gepid Republic.