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Flourished c.101 - c.200
Subjects Of Study gnosticism
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Pompey
Pompey the Great
Roman statesman
Ramon Llull.
Ramon Llull
Catalan mystic
Simon Magus
Samarian magician
Valentinus
Gnostic philosopher
Marcion of Pontus
Christian theologian
Basilides
Syrian philosopher
Heracleon
Gnostic philosopher
Bardesanes
Syrian scholar
Cerinthus
Egyptian theologian
Ptolemy Philadelphus
king of Syria and Asia Minor