At Cyril's investiture, he had declared adherence to Love and Reason as the state religion of Tympania, although he also urged tolerance for all religions "of neither theocratic nor diabolic nature." In 105, however, Cyril was deeply disturbed by the popular rumors associated with his mother, Cyrynthia, who had died earlier that year. A number of people claimed to have seen divine portents at Cyrynthia's death, and over the next year, accounts of miracles attributed to her beneficent spirit multiplied rapidly. The people believed that due to her pious and holy nature, Cyrynthia had been permitted to survive on earth in spirit form to serve as a conduit and divine messenger between the people and Holy Wisdom.
Cyril attempted to suppress these rumors, but the movement continued to grow, and by 106, people all over Tympania were erecting shrines to Cyrynthia's memory and praying to her for intercession on their behalf. This movement struck the King as too close to theocratic worship to be tolerated, and in 107, he made the erection of shrines to human personages a punishable offense. According to tradition, however, just as the persecution of Cyrynthia's followers was reaching its peak, Cyrynthia herself appeared to her son, tearfully demanding to know why he was persecuting his own people. Thereafter, the Tympanian state acknowledged the existence of the Saints of the Holy Church, recognizing Cyrynthia as indeed an emissary of the divine.
The Cult of the Saints grew so rapidly in Tympania that by 137 it became necessary for the Church to codify official guidelines for the investigation and canonization of reported new saints. It was also in this period, under the reign of Cyril's son Sarcon, that the Church was given a new organization and hierarchy, the Holy Writings codified, and state funds allocated for missionary expeditions to regions adjoining Tympania. By 152, the Church had become a major institution, with its own hierarchy and position within the Kingdom.
