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The title compound, {[Mn(C24H14N2O4)(C24H16N2O4)]·0.5H2O}n, was obtained by the reaction of manganese nitrate with the ligand 4,4′-(4,4′-bipyridine-2,6-diyl) dibenzoic acid under hydrothermal conditions. The water O atom is located on a twofold rotation axis. The Mn2+ ion is heptacoordinated by six O atoms and one N atom from the ligands. In this structure, the ligands adopts two different forms, one completely deprotonated and one with a protonated N atom (pyridinium) and a carboxylic acid function. In the crystal, N—HO and O—HO hydrogen bonds consolidate the packing, forming a three-dimensional framework.