The Hierophant of Emuna

Symmachus I is the Hierophant of Emuna.
His temperament has always been perfect for a bureaucratic career. Humbleness and efficiency were his distinctive traits and the keys to his ascension through the ranks. He was always the less controversial candidate and the pacifying choice among quarreling parties. Also, he was willing to put his name on useful but unglamorous public work, as if he didn’t care for glory or fame. The various scheming parties of the church always thought of Symmacus’s position as temporary: he was a placeholder until the “real” candidate, decided behind the scenes, could step up. But once they pushed him out of the way, Symmacus always got a higher position, to the point of becoming Hierophant, the absolute ruler of the province.
Now that he is on the throne, he’s not so easy to move.
Symmacus is as efficient and effective in crushing any conspirator and dissent as he is in planning infrastructures. He is unwilling to play the game of politics and intrigue at any scale. Any lack of compliance, be it from his servants, bishops, or from groups of malcontent in the general population, is met with the immediate removal of the problem, with violence if needed. Symmacus is one of the few Hierophant who mobilized his armies against a bishop of his own province, an action normally avoided at all costs.
In the Angelic Unison, as the name suggests, all voices sing as one and if someone goes out of tune, Symmacus just kicks them out of the choir instead of wasting time on motivational speeches or extra lessons.
Symmacus is a patron to engineers and builders and not so much to artists. His throne room is small and relatively undecorated (still covered in golden mosaics, but far from the splendors of other hierophants). He is dressed modestly for the role and avoids fancy grooming. He has the embarrassing habit of falling asleep unexpectedly due to overworking, something that speaks to his industriousness and his distaste for etiquette.