Astati

9th-century Christian Manichaean sect
 
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The Astati were a Paulician sect in the 9th century, the followers of Sergius. They prevailed much under Emperor Nicephorus I, but later, under Michael I Rhangabes, they were curbed with very severe laws.

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Seal with figure of Mani, possibly 3rd century CE, possibly Irak. Cabinet des Médailles, Paris
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Notes: † mainly a Tengrist text but recorded in a Manichaean monastery
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