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Question: Who was the Count St!. Germain!?
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Comte de Saint-Germain (!?-1784)

Adventurer, alchemist, and diplomat, whose mysterious origin created a legend around him!. Comte de Saint Germain was rumored to have lived 2,000 years!. The legend of St Germain, "the man who does not die," was born in the mid-1700s!. Since then, endless speculations and sightings of the Count after his death has continued!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Count of St!. Germain (fl!. 1710–1784) has been variously described as a courtier, adventurer, charlatan, inventor, alchemist, pianist, violinist and amateur composer, but is best known as a recurring figure in the stories of several strands of occultism – particularly those connected to Theosophy, where he is also referred to as the Master Rakoczi or the Master R and credited with near god-like powers and longevity!. Some sources write that his name is not familial, but was invented by him as a French version of the Latin Sanctus Germanus, meaning "Holy Brother"

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