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2 unusual facts about Cyril Mango


Cyril Mango

Cyril Alexander Mango (born 14 April 1928) is a British scholar in the history, art, and architecture of the Byzantine Empire.

Heraclius of Edessa

Cyril Mango has supported a theory which suggests that Heraclius of Edessa was a namesake ancestor of Heraclius the Elder and through him of the Heraclian Dynasty.


Gregoria

Cyril Mango in Deux études sur Byzance et la Perse Sassanide (1985) speculated they were descendants of Heraclius of Edessa, a general under Leo I and Zeno.


see also

Ahmet Ertuğ

Chora: The Scrolls of Heaven; text by Cyril Mango (2000)