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==Language== | ==Language== | ||
==Religion== | ==Religion== | ||
Veltorines are predominantly [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]. In many instances, the distinguishing characteristic which set a Veltorine apart from a self-identified [[Caphiric people|Caphiric person]] in the 18th and 19th century was their adherence to the [[Catholic Church]] as opposed to the [[Caphiric Church|Imperial Church]], and the [[Great Schism of 1615]] is considered a pivotal moment in the birth of the Veltorine identity. Due to the suppression of the Catholic religion during the [[Third Imperium]], the practice of the faith by Veltorines occurred mostly underground during the period between [[1615]] and [[1782]]. During this period, a number of {{wp|Apostolic vicariate|Vicars Apostolic}} were appointed to Veltorina. Unusual to Veltorina, however, many of these Vicars traveled to an operated in the Third Imperium in secret, becoming important figures within Veltorine society (with many becoming both martyrs and saints during this period). The bishops becoming leaders of the underground Church in Veltorina established the precedent of [[Bishops in the Catholic Church|Catholic bishops]] being major social leaders within Veltorine society before, during, and after Veltorine independence. While the [[Veltorine government-in-exile]] retained an important space as the political voice of Veltorines after the [[First Great War]], Catholic Bishops appointed to Veltorine episcopacies (both titular and, later, actual) retained their place as the spiritual and cultural leaders of the Veltorine people. In [[New Veltorina]], this tradition continues, with the country's few bishops being major celebrities. | |||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
==Diaspora== | ==Diaspora== | ||