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  1. Christian heretics who originated in
  2. 10th-century Bulgaria and spread throughout
  3. the Byzantine empire. Their name derives from
  4. Bogomilus, or Theophilus, who taught in
  5. Bulgaria 927-950. Despite persecution, they
  6. were expunged by the Ottomans only after the
  7. fall of Constantinople 1453.
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