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Judging from Wiki, Aerith is a pagan priestess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_%28Final_Fantasy_VII%29
Ancients are an ancient nomadic people who called themselves the "Cetra." They were the first humans to live on the Planet.[15] Their culture's goal was to seek out the Promised Land and offer respect to the Planet. As such, they cultivated the Planet's life energy and fought and defeated the alien Jenova.[15][16][17][18] Some Ancients abandoned their close relationship with the Planet and became the ancestors of modern day humans.[19] Aerith Gainsborough was the last Ancient, although she was also of Human descent on her father's side. Because Aerith was killed by Sephiroth while she was praying for Holy, the Cetra are now extinct.
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