Mani
216 CE – 274 CE · aged 58
3rd century prophet and founder of Manichaeism
- Born
- 216 CE · Ctesiphon
- Died
- 274 CE · Gundeshapur
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- 216 CEBornBorn in Ctesiphon
- 274 CEDiedDied in Gundeshapur
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Biography
Mani (c. April AD 216 – 2 March AD 274 or 26 February AD 277) was an Iranian prophet and the founder of Manichaeism, a religion most prevalent in late antiquity.
Mani was born in or near Ctesiphon (south of modern Baghdad) in Mesopotamia, at the time part of the Parthian Empire. Seven of his major works were written in Syriac, and the eighth, dedicated to the Sasanian emperor Shapur I, was written in Middle Persian. He died shortly after being imprisoned by Bahram I in Gundeshapur.
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