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.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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