Saint Batman

Saint Batman is an alternate version of Batman who resides in the Dark Multiverse. His true identity is Jean-Paul Valley, who operated as the vigilante Azrael until he was given the Batman mantle by Bruce Wayne and made it his own.

History
On an unspecified version of Earth in the Dark Multiverse, Bane had successfully broken Batman's spine, leaving him paralysed and unable to stop the villains plans. Injured and desperate, Bruce Wayne decides to lend the Batman mantle to Jean-Paul Valley who used his own brutal methods of crime fighting to protect Gotham City. Meanwhile Bruce recovers from his paralysis and learns to regain his mobility with the help of Lady Shiva until he is well enough to reclaim the title of Batman. However Jean-Paul was unwilling to relinquish the mantle, believing himself to be more suited for the role, and fought Bruce to keep it. The fight ended with Jean-Paul impaling Bruce from behind and claiming he would show his fallen opponent that his brand of justice is what Gotham really needs.

In the years that followed, Jean-Paul as Batman burnt down much of the city to purge it of crime and corruption before having it rebuilt to suit his purposes. Gotham became closed off from the rest of the world and refused to share its resources as conditions in other societies worsened. Thirty years after Bruce Wayne's defeat, Jean-Paul Valley became known as Saint Batman as his harsh laws had kept Gotham City standing and its citizens protected while the rest of the world tore itself apart.