Mani
3rd century prophet and founder of Manichaeism · Academics · Lived 216 to 274 · aged 57
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Mani was born around April 216 near Ctesiphon in Mesopotamia, then under Parthian rule. He wrote seven major works in Syriac and dedicated an eighth, in Middle Persian, to the Sasanian emperor Shapur I. His synthesis pulled from multiple traditions and claimed universal scope. Bahram I had him imprisoned in Gundeshapur, where he died - sources differ on whether it was March 2, 274, or February 26, 277. The faith he founded would outlive him by centuries before fading into obscurity.
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