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The Sanctimonia Conflict was a battle fought by the Tome Keepers and other Imperial forces in 291.M37.[1][2]

Fought on the Ecclesiarchy world of Sanctimonia against the forces of Chaos, the entire Sector was set ablaze with heretical corruption. The Tome Keepers responded alongside a Black Templars Crusade, two Convents of Sisters of Battle, and eight Imperial Guard Regiments. However discord among the Imperial forces erupted on the Hive World of Gleb when Canoness Sophira of the Order of the Argent Shroud baulked at the presence of Tome Keepers Librarians. Her distrust of the psykers led to a much higher casualty rate than expected, particularly when telepathic communications from Eshuh were ignored by the Ecclesiarchy forces. Less than a year later, on the shrine world of Bespax, the Tome Keepers under Captain Saduq were forced to destroy a vast crypt containing the bodies of over 300 martyrs when a Warp portal was opened inside by Cultists. This act incensed the Ecclesiarchy. On the Civilised World of Happenstance the Tome Keepers were to join three Dephon Regiments in a combined assault on a Heretic-held city. However the Imperial Guard forces were accompanied by the Cardinal Palatine of Sanctimonia, Simonius Faulke, who ordered them to advance immediately rather than wait for the Space Marines expected Drop Pod assault. The Guardsmen were almost wiped out and the Tome Keepers were forced to abort their own mission. The Tome Keepers decried Faulke while he accused them of dereliction of duty.[1]

The final blow came when the Tome Keepers joined in the assault on Sanctimonia alongside the Black Templars and Sisters of Battle. However the Templars and Sisters made no distinction between heretic and civilian and conducted wanton massacres. This horrified the Tome Keepers, who would not forgive their allies for the butchery. This caused the Tome Keepers to depart from the warzone.[1][2]

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