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Balthazar gave the gift of myrrh, which symbolised the future death of a king, as myrrh was an expensive item at the time. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Following his return to his own country, avoiding King Herod, it is purported that Balthazar celebrated Christmas with the other members of the Magi in Armenia in 54 AD but later died on 6 January 55 AD, aged 112.
The three Magi (named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior), from Herrad of Landsberg's Hortus deliciarum (12th century) The names and origins of the Magi are never given in scripture, but have been provided by various traditions and legends. [28] Among Western Christians, the earliest and most common names are: Melchior (/ ˈ m ɛ l k i ɔːr ...
Simon Magus, religious figure in the Acts of Apostles; Shiv Nadar (born 1945), Indian billionaire businessman and philanthropist nicknamed "Magus" Magus, one of the Biblical Magi (Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior)
A fact from Balthazar (magus) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 January 2016 (check views).The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Melchior, Caspar, and Balthazar are the traditional names of the Biblical Magi who visited the baby Jesus (pictured), though they are not named in the Bible?
Caspar (otherwise known as Casper, Gaspar, Kaspar, Jasper, Kasper, [1] and other variations) was one of the 'Three Kings', along with Melchior and Balthazar, representing the wise men or Biblical Magi mentioned in Matthew 2:1-9.
Balthazar (given name), including a list of people with the name; Balthazar (magus), a name commonly attributed to one of Three Wise Men; Balthasar of Werle (c. 1375–1421), Lord of Werle-Güstrow; Balthasar, Duke of Mecklenburg (1451–1507) Balthasar of Żagań (c. 1415–1472), a Duke of Żagań-Przewóz
Balthazar, the donkey in the French film Au hasard Balthazar (1966); Balthasar, a demon in the film Constantine (2005) played by Gavin Rossdale; Comte Balthazar de Bleuchamp, a pseudonym of the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the film of the same name
Melchior, or Melichior, was purportedly one of the Biblical Magi (along with Caspar and Balthazar) who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Melchior was often referred to as the oldest member of the Magi. He was traditionally called the King of Persia and brought the gift of gold to Jesus.