Case file · Apparition / miracle
Mani and his heavenly twin
Mani, founder of Manichaeism, said that at age 12 (228 AD) and again at 24 a heavenly 'twin' (al-Tawm) appeared to him near Ctesiphon and revealed his mission.
228 CE · 33.09, 44.58 · status: account
The account
His own words are preserved in the Cologne Mani Codex. Manichaeism spread from the Atlantic to China before persecution ended it; Mani died in prison under Bahram I in about 274.