Hypsistarians

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title: Hypsistarians
text: Hypsistarians, i.e. worshippers of the Hypsistos, and similar variations of the term first appear in the writings of Gregory of Nazianzus and Gregory of Nyssa, about AD 374. The term has been linked to a body of inscriptions that date from around 100 AD to around 400 AD, mostly small votive offerings, but also including altars and stelae, dedicated to Theos Hypsistos, or sometimes simply Hypsistos, mainly found in Asia Minor and the Black Sea coasts that are today part of Russia. Some modern sch
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description: Ancient Mediterranean religious sect
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypsistarians
date created: 2006-07-24T07:27:08Z
date modified: 2024-09-03T04:46:29Z
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