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Shrine Worlds are Imperial worlds devoted to a Saint of the Imperium and are often named in their honour. These worlds are ruled directly by the Adeptus Ministorum and attract huge amounts of pilgrims from all over the Imperium. There are also the dark mirrors to these places of Imperial devotion - fallen worlds where the inhabitants offer up ceaseless prayer to the Dark Gods. These places of obscene sacrifices and bloody rites are not suffered continued existence for long.[2] Often the Shrine Worlds - are a places of eternal rest for holy men and women of the Imperium and the entire surface of this sacred planets given over to the hallowed crypts of sainted and great monolithic cathedra.[4]

Most shrine worlds usually fall into another category - for example, Hagia is an agri world while, Herodor is a Hive World. They have a strong relationship with the saint in question, such as being the world of his or her birth or martyrdom.[Needs Citation]

Notable Shrine Worlds

Planet name Segmentum Sector Subsector System Affiliation Population Notes
Almarit (former) Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Chaos/Khorne, former Imperium Unknown Now — Daemon World, former Fortress World
Arthas Moloch (former) Ultima Segmentum Unknown Unknown Unknown Tau Empire Unknown Now — Tau World. Also — Artefact World
Autega Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown Also — Death World
Bekrin (former) Ultima Segmentum Jericho Reach Unknown Unknown Imperium None Now — Dead World
Belatis IV Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown Also — Ice World
Benediction Segmentum Solar Unknown Veritus Sub-Sector Talledus System Imperium 100 billion [7]
Canticula[5] Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown former Imperium Unknown Was ravaged by Word Bearers[5]
Drusus Shrine World Segmentum Obscurus Calixis Sector Drusus Marches Unknown Imperium Unknown
Emiline's Hope Unknown Unknown Unknown Yerena System Imperium Unknown
Eydolim Ultima Segmentum Charadon Sector Unknown Eydolim System Imperium Unknown
Gundora Unknown Unknown Unknown Tratoll System Imperium Unknown Also — War World
Hagia Segmentum Pacificus Sabbat Worlds Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown Also — Agri World
Idyll[1] Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown
Innocence III Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown
Jakal II Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown
Jonah's World (former) Segmentum Obscurus Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown Now — Dead World
Kathur Segmentum Obscurus Scarus Sector Unknown Unknown Imperium Few (resettling)
Lucid Prime Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown
Maccabeus Quintus Segmentum Obscurus Calixis Sector Drusus Marches Maccabeus System Imperium Unknown
Macharia Segmentum Pacificus Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown
Magdelene IX (former) Segmentum Tempestus Forsarr Sector Unknown Kastorel System Imperium Unknown Now — Ork World
Mendaxis[6] Ultima Unknown Unknown Bane's Landing System Imperium Unknown
Mithron Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown
Ophelia VII Segmentum Tempestus Unknown Unknown Ophelia system Imperium Unknown Also — Cardinal World, Forge World
Piety (former) Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown, former Daemon, former Imperium Unknown Now — Dead World, also former Daemon World
Piety of Seth Segmentum Obscurus Calixis Sector Adrantis Subsector Unknown Imperium Unknown
Rhorsch Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown Also — Jungle World
Saint Theresta Ultima Segmentum Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown
Saint Tylus Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown
Salamantis VI Segmentum Tempestus Aesir Sector Unknown Salamantis System Imperium Unknown
Sanctia (former) Segmentum Obscurus Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium None Current status unknown
Sanctus Lys Unknown Palatine Sector Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown
Sarius V Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown Also — Desert World
Sacaellum[3] Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown Black Templars fought there with various enemies
Shadowbrink (former) Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium (former) Unknown Now — Dead World
St Capilene (former) Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium (former) Unknown Now — Dead World
Valon Urr Segmentum Obscurus Calixis Sector Golgenna Reach Unknown Imperium Unknown
Veneris Segmentum Obscurus Calixis Sector Drusus Marches Unknown Imperium Unknown
Vulgate Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Imperium Unknown Subject of a Daemonic invasion. See — Deliverance of Vulgate


Worlds of the Galaxy
General Dead WorldDeath WorldDesert WorldIce WorldJungle WorldForest WorldOcean WorldDerelict WorldsChem WorldsMountain WorldRad World
Imperium Adeptus Astartes HomeworldAdeptus Astartes Breeding WorldAdeptus Astartes Recruiting WorldAdepta Sororitas Sanctuary WorldAgri WorldArchive WorldCardinal WorldCemetery WorldCivilised WorldFeral WorldFeudal WorldFrontier WorldForest WorldForge WorldFortress WorldHive WorldIndustrial WorldKnight WorldLabyrinth WorldMining WorldParadise WorldPenal WorldQuarantined WorldQuarry WorldRepository WorldResearch StationSentinel WorldShrine WorldSwamp WorldWar WorldHub-FortressPenitent WorldMerchant WorldSepulchre WorldRelic WorldBattery WorldWarden PlanetLumber WorldAbattoir WorldArboreal WorldColony WorldMenagerie WorldRefugee WorldWaste WorldAnchor WorldAstropathic Relay Station
Chaos Daemon WorldHell ForgeFallen Knight WorldCache World
Xenos Xenos WorldExodite WorldTomb WorldMaiden WorldCrone WorldOrk WorldTau SeptCraftworldKin WorldLarder World


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