Archegos (Manichaeism)

The Archegos (A Koine Greek calque of a native Syriac, Middle Persian, or Parthian language term) was the head of the Manichaean religion. No surviving list of every Archegos remains, and the succession procedure is unknown. Abū Hilāl al-Dayhūri is the last known Archegos. The first Archegos was the prophet Mani.

List of known archegoi

Mani Mar Sisin (276–286)Lieu, Samuel N.C. Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China: a Historical Survey. Pages 80–82. Manchester University Press, 1985. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2863189M/Manichaeism_in_the_later_Roman_Empire_and_medieval_China Innaios, who negotiated the end of persecution in Mesopotamia MihrLieu, Samuel N.C. Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China: a Historical Survey. Pages 83, 85. Manchester University Press, 1985. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2863189M/Manichaeism_in_the_later_Roman_Empire_and_medieval_China Zad Hurmuz Miqlas Abū Hilāl al-Dayhūri

See also Manichaean schisms

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