MAGI, THE THREE

MAGI, THE THREE
   the "wise men from the East" mentioned in Matt. ii. - Melchior, an old man, who brought gold, the emblem of royalty; Gaspar, a youth, who brought frankincense, the emblem of divinity; Balthazar, a Moor, who brought myrrh, the emblem of humanity - and who were eventually regarded as the patron saints of travellers.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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