In the story of Saint Seiya, the Pope is the supreme executive in the Sacred Realm who exercises power on behalf of the goddess, usually selected from twelve Golden Saint Seiya. Only saints who are benevolent, wise, and courageous are eligible to become popes, and their mission is to rule over the Holy Lands and confer the qualifications of saints.
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Libra Golden Saint Seiya, survivor of the holy war. At that time, he had the strongest strength, loved justice and peace, and was recognized as the best candidate to become the pope. During his more than 250 years in power, he despaired of the many ugly acts of humanity. In order to create a world in which the saints set the rules, he gradually went to extremes and formulated a plan to "transform the world".
Itia guides The Butterfly to brainwash the Saint Seiya in the Sacred Realm, hoping to allow the Golden Saint Seiya to conquer the world and achieve peace under the rule of power, but the action is detected by his disciples Bai Li and Sai Qi. Thanks to the efforts of the two, Itia failed. Before he dies, he hopes that Bai Li and Sai Qi can regain their original dreams and not despair about human beings.
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Cancer Golden Saint Seiya, disciple of the former Pope Itia. He and his brother Bai Li are very good Saint Seiya, and when the two were promoted to Golden Saint Seiya, they were also recognized by the Cancer Holy Cloak, but Bai Li voluntarily withdrew to become the Silver Saint of the Altarpiece, so that he was dressed in the Golden Holy Cloak. Became pope after the end of the jihad of his own time.
With the wisdom that "even the actions of the gods can be counted", he experienced another holy war in the time he became pope. He used his superb strategy to thwart the underworld's attacks many times, and finally together with his disciple, the new generation of Cancer Saint Seiya Manigot, he heroically sealed the God of Death and handed over the pope's helmet to his brother Bai Li, who became the acting pope.
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Altarpiece Silver Saint Seiya, disciple of the former Pope Itia. Although his strength far exceeded that of his younger brother Sage, he ceded both the Cancer Cloak and the Papal Throne to Sage, and became a shadow warrior to silently assist him, enjoying the right to deprive any Saint Seiya except the Pope. After the end of the holy war, he lived in seclusion in Jamil and spent hundreds of years preparing for the next holy war.
After the new holy war began, because his brother Sage was sacrificed to seal the God of Death, he became the acting pope to command the Sacred Domain army to attack the Underworld, and he himself invaded Hades City without the Holy Cloak and swept through the Hades army with great strength. Later, he was blocked by the God of Sleep, who sealed the God of Sleep with the greatest Upanishads of "Accumulating Corpse Qi and Turning Spirit Wave", but was killed by Hades when he destroyed the Pluto Boundary.
Contemporaneous with Saiqi and Bai Li, but in another parallel universe, there is also an unknown pope. It is said that he had already submitted to Hades, the king of Pluto, and attempted to harm Athena after she descended into the Holy Land as a baby. However, the corresponding documentary records have not been found for the time being (the plot of "Pluto Myth ND").
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Aries Golden Saint Seiya, a former disciple of the acting Pope Bethlehe, has the ability to touch the Cloak and see the memories of its owner. In parallel time and space, he is a young warrior promoted from Bronze Saint Seiya to Golden Saint Seiya in preparation for the Holy War. He and his best friend Tong Hu were survivors of the jihad of their time, and as pope, he produced many saints.
However, the old and frail Shion died in the rebellion of Gemini Sagar. However, on the eve of the opening of the new holy war, he pretended to defect to Hades, the king of Hades, but actually led the resurrected Golden Saints to tell Athena the secret of the female sacred cloak. After entrusting his hopes to the young Saint Seiya, he turned to dust in front of his old friend Tong Hu.
In the Saint Seiya TV version, because the progress of the anime far exceeds the manga, the original Shi Ang's younger brother Alex exercises power as a shadow warrior. However, this setting has been completely abandoned in the Pluto chapter.
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Gemini Golden Saint Seiya. After former Pope Shion chose Aeolos Sagittarius as his successor, his twin brother Garon persuaded him to rebel, awakening his dark personality under verbal stimulation. Soon after, he sneaks into the Star Tower at night, and after Shi Ang confesses that he has seen the evil in his heart, his evil personality gains control of his body, kills Shi Ang and disguises himself as the Pope.
As Pope Saga ruled the Sacred Land for thirteen years, he tried to replace Athena as the ruler of the earth, but under the onslaught of Hoshiya, Ichiki and others, his good personality continued to awaken, and finally he committed suicide to apologize for his sins and ask for forgiveness from the goddess. After the new jihad began, he was resurrected with Shi Ang and the others, sending Athena the key message to attack the underworld.
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Taurus Golden Saint Seiya, in charge of "Power and Destruction". He was blinded in the left eye by gangsters when he was young, and in a critical moment, he burned a small universe to knock the gangsters down, and since then he has fallen in love with the sound of broken bones and chooses to become a boxer. After Mars, the god of war, took control of the Sacred Domain, he accepted the offer of Ionian the Goat, awakened his seventh sense through cultivation, and became a Taurus Saint Seiya.
Although violent, he has a good heart, and later becomes the saint of Athena, and is very prominent in the battle against the super god Saturn. After the final victory, he was recognized as "benevolent, wise, and courageous" by Athena, and Hoshiya, who was already a Sagittarius Golden Saint, as the new Pope of the Sacred Land, and was supported by all the Golden Saints.