Mani (prophet)
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Mani (c. AD 216–276) was an Iranian prophet and the founder of Manichaeism, a gnostic religion of Late Antiquity which was once widespread but is now extinct. Mani was born in or near Seleucia-Ctesiphon in Asuristan (Assyria), at the time still part of the Parthian Empire. Six of his major works were written in Syriac Aramaic and the seventh, dedicated to the king of the empire, Shapur I, was written in Middle Persian. He died in Gundeshapur, under the Sassanid Empire.
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See also
- Augustine of Hippo
- Mar Ammo
- Codex Manichaicus Coloniensis
- Mandaeanism
- Gospel of Mani
- The Book of Giants
- The Gardens of Light (novel)
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