ASTATI, or ASTARII or ASTARTI, a Sect of Heretics in the ninth Century, the Followers of one Sergius, who renewed the Errors of the Manichees. See MANICHEE.
They prevailed much under the Emperor Nicephorus; but his nephew Michael Curopalates, curbed them with very severe laws.
The Word is derived from the Greek privative α, and στατος, to stand firm, and signifies anything unstable and inconstant.
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