Mani (prophet), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mani (prophet)

prophet and founder of Manichaeism

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-0216

Place of Birth: Ctesiphon, Iraq

Date of Death: 02-Mar-0274

Profession: writer, prophet, theologian, religious leader

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Mani (in Middle Persian: ???????? or ???????? or ???????? or ???????? or ???????? Mani, New Persian: ???? Mani, Syriac Mani, Greek ?????, Latin Manes; also ?a???a???, Latin Manichaeus, from Syriac ???? ??? Mani ?ayya "Living Mani", c.?AD 216–274), of Iranian origin, was the prophet and the founder of Manichaeism, a religion of late antiquity strongly influenced by Gnosticism which was widespread but no longer prevalent by name.
Mani was born in or near Seleucia-Ctesiphon in Babylonia, at the time still part of the Parthian Empire.
Six of his major works were written in Syriac, and the seventh, dedicated to the Sasanian emperor Shapur I, was written in Middle Persian.
He died in Gundeshapur.