Biblical Magi

group of distinguished foreigners who visited Jesus after his birth

reliquary tomb of the Magi

Children and young people in central Europe dress as the Three Kings, walk from house to house, sing traditional and new carols, collect money for charity and bring the blessing for the new year to the people.

one of the Biblical Magi; in 16th-century paintings generally portrayed as an old man with white hair kneeling at the feet of the Madonna & Child

according to Christian tradition, a king of India and one of the three Magi (younger than Melchior, older than Balthazar) that visited Jesus, who gave the gift of frankincense

according to Christian tradition, a king of Arabia and youngest of the three Magi who visited Jesus and gave the gift of myrrh; usually portrayed in paintings with the darkest hair of the three kings, or the darkest skin of the three kings