Balthazar (magus)
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Balthazar, also called Balthasar, Balthassar, and Bithisarea,[2] was according to Western Christian tradition one of the three biblical Magi along with Caspar and Melchior who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Balthazar is traditionally referred to as the King of Arabia and gave the gift of myrrh to Jesus.[3] In the Catholic Church, he is regarded as a saint (as are the other two Magi).
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Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism |
Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
Major shrine | Shrine of the Three Kings, Cologne Cathedral |
Feast | 6 January (Epiphany) 6 January (date of his death) |
Attributes | King bearing gifts, king on a camel, three crowns, dark skin |
Patronage | Epilepsy, thunder, motorists, pilgrims, playing card manufacturers, sawmen, sawyers, travellers, travelling merchants, Cologne, Germany, Saxony |
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