Sanctified Order of the Crucifix

The Sanctified Order of the Crucifix was created on 20 September 1995 as an Order of Kolios. The intention of the order is to honor those who have excelled in Christian service. Membership in the order is currently awarded by Prince Garibald, as the head of House Bärenhalb.

History of the Order

Badge of the order from 2003-2022

The order was created the day that the then Kingdom of Kolios was founded as the higher of two orders. When Kolios became a principality within the Empire of Agber on 7 January 1998, the order was restructured as an order of the Empire. This move left the Order of Kolios as the only order exclusive to the Principality. The order was returned to Koliosian control on 18 June 2020, instead of being returned to its original position in the precedence of Koliosian honors, the Order of Kolios retained its position as the highest honor.

The order was overhauled as a part of the sweeping changes enacted by Prince Garibald when he assumed the throne on 26 February 2022. These included a redesign of the regalia, re-focusing the honor to its originally stated intent, shrinking the number of active members, and transferring authority over the award to House Barenhalb.

Loss of Records

The original records containing the list of members was lost sometime in the mid-2000's. While Empress Arlene was able to recall a few of the members, the names of thirteen of the Knights and Dames were thought to be lost forever. Due to this fact, Princess Arlene stated that she often considered either opening up the number of members allowed, or abolishing the Sanctified Order of the Crucifix altogether. When she reconnected with Margrave Jordan in 2020, his personal records were able to restore eight names to the register.

Five names are still unknown. Although there have been attempts to reconnect with others involved in the Empire's early history in hopes one of them may have personal records that can fill in the gaps, none have thus far borne fruit.

Structure of the Order

The official intention of the order is to honor those who made significant accomplishments that are Christian in nature. Unofficially, it was typically bestowed in recognition of general achievements until 2022, when Prince Garibald returned the order to its original intent.

The Sanctified Order of the Crucifix is largely based on the United Kingdom's Order of the Garter. Much like the Order of the Garter, the Sanctified Order of the Crucifix has a limited number of members, fifteen (as opposed to the Order of the Garter's twenty-four). Unlike the Order of the Garter, there are no supernumerary categories, although the Sovereign of the Order does not count towards this number.

The order has only one class; Knight. Members of the order may wear the star of the order. In the Koliosian tradition, there are no title differentiations for genders.

List of Knights

This list is current, as of 1 January 2025.

No.	Name	Seq.	Year App.	Awd. Sovereign	Reason for appointment	Notes
00	Prince Garibald von Kolios	05	1995	Stephen	Founding member of Kolios	fons honourum for the Order
01	Stephen Kuss	01	1995	Stephen	Founding member of Kolios	Former Sovereign of the Order, abdicated in 1997
02	Duke Arlene von Lingen	02	1995	Stephen	Founding member of Kolios	Former Sovereign of the Order
03	Lacey Grant	06	1995	Stephen	Founding member of Kolios	Served as the 2nd Chancellor of Kolios
04	Steven Schmidt	09	1996	Stephen	Personal Achievement	4th and 5th grade teacher for many of the founders
05	Tanja Mantel	11	1996	Stephen	Personal Achievement	Former resident of Kolios, but not a citizen
06	Amber Wilkinson	14	1997	Stephen	Personal Achievement	Former resident of Kolios, but not a citizen
07	Count Ashleigh von Pix	24	1998	Arlene	Personal Achievement
08	Duke Gilbert of Liguria	25	2003	Arlene	Personal Achievement	Awarded while Baron of Cordova
09	Nicole Ameriss	26	2004	Arlene	Personal Achievement
10	King James of Greater Hanover	28	2022	Garibald	Christian example and achievement
11	King Erik of Scone	29	2022	Garibald	Christian example and achievement
12	Lucille Grayson	30	2022	Garibald	Christian example and achievement
13	Yael Rosenbaum	31	2022	Garibald	Christian example and achievement
14	Prince Stephen of Dracul	32	2022	Garibald	Christian example and achievement
15	The Reverend Natasha Slater	33	2025	Garibald	Christian example and achievement

Former Knights of the Order

Name	Seq. No.	Year App.	Awarded By	Reason for appointment	Year Dep.	Reason for Departure from Order	Notes
Thomas O'Brian	03	1995	Stephen	Founding member of Kolios	2024	Death of member
James Nales	04	1995	Stephen	Founding member of Kolios	2022	Rule of Funfundzwanzig
Paul Johnston	07	1995	Stephen	Personal Achievement	2022	Rule of Funfundzwanzig	Former resident of Kolios, but not a citizen
Alli Rogers	08	1995	Stephen	Personal Achievement	2022	Rule of Funfundzwanzig	Former resident of Kolios, but not a citizen
Eric Suarez	10	1996	Stephen	Personal Achievement	2022	Rule of Funfundzwanzig	Former resident of Kolios, but not a citizen
Nicholas Stubbs	12	1996	Stephen	Personal Achievement	2020	Death of member	Former resident of Kolios, but not a citizen
George Lucas	13	1997	Stephen	Achievement in Entertainment	2022	Revoked due to efforts to return Order to original intent
Michael Jordan	15	1997	Stephen	Athletic Achievement	2022	Revoked due to efforts to return Order to original intent
Leonardo DiCaprio	16	1997	Arlene	Achievement in Entertainment	2022	Revoked due to efforts to return Order to original intent
Fred Rogers	17	1997	Arlene	Achievement in Entertainment	2003	Death of member
Member's name unknown due to loss of records	18	1997	Arlene	Personal Achievement	2022	Removal of unknown Knight
Andrew, 2nd Grand Duke of Carthage	19	1998	Arlene	Personal Achievement	2004	Revoked for negligence of duty and treason
Member's name unknown due to loss of records	20	1998	Arlene	Personal Achievement	2022	Removal of unknown Knight
Member's name unknown due to loss of records	21	1998	Arlene	Personal Achievement	2022	Removal of unknown Knight
Member's name unknown due to loss of records	22	1998	Arlene	Personal Achievement	2022	Removal of unknown Knight
Member's name unknown due to loss of records	23	1998	Arlene	Personal Achievement	2022	Removal of unknown Knight
Donald Trump	27	2020	Arlene	Excellence in fighting for Christian values	2022	Revoked due to efforts to return Order to original intent