| 词条 | Melchior (Magus) |
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|name= Saint Melchior |image= The three Magi (Balthasar, Caspar, Melchior).jpg |caption= Melchior along with Caspar and Balthasar - from the pictorial encyclopedia Hortus Deliciarum by Herrad of Landsberg as reproduced by Christian Maurice Engelhardt |imagesize= 250px |titles= Three Magi, Three Kings, Three Wise Men |feast_day= 6 January (Epiphany) 11 January (death) 23 July (translation of relics) 24 July (Cologne, Germany) |venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheran Church |canonized_date= Pre-Congregation |major_shrine= Shrine of the Three Kings, Cologne Cathedral |attributes= King bearing gifts, king on a camel, three crowns |patronage= Epilepsy, thunder, motorists, pilgrims, playing card manufacturers, sawmen, sawyers, travellers, travelling merchants, Cologne, Germany, Saxony }} Saint 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. In the Western Christian church, he is regarded as a saint (as are the other two Magi). TraditionThe Gospels in the New Testament do not give the names of the Magi (or even their number), but their traditional names are ascribed to a Greek manuscript from 500 AD translated into Latin and commonly accepted as the source of the names.[1] Melchior was described by St Bede in the 8th century as being "an old man, with white hair and long beard."[2] Melchior is also commonly referred to as the King of Persia.[2] Following the Star of Bethlehem, the Magi first travelled to the palace of Herod the Great, who then asked for the Magi to find the Child Jesus and report back to him. Upon arriving at the house,[3] the Magi worshipped him and opened their gifts, with Melchior giving the gift of gold to signify Jesus' kingship over the world.[4][5] Following his return to Persia, Melchior met up with the other Magi again in 54 AD in Kingdom of Armenia to celebrate Christmas before dying at the age of 116 on 1 January 55 AD.[6] CommemorationMelchior, along with the other Magi, is purported to be buried in the Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral following his remains being moved from Constantinople by Eustorgius I in 314 AD to Milan. In 1164, Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa moved them to Cologne.[7] Melchior is commemorated on the Feast of Epiphany along with the other members of the Magi[6] but is also commemorated in Catholicism with his feast day on the 6th of January.[8] References1. ^Metzger, Bruce, New Testament Studies: Philological, Versional, and Patristic, Volume 10, 1980, BRILL, {{ISBN|9004061630}} {{Catholic saints}}{{Nativity of Jesus}}2. ^1 {{cite web|author=|url=http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-906514 |title=Three Kings Balthazar, Gaspar, Melchior. |publisher=CNN |date=2013-01-06 |accessdate=2016-01-01}} 3. ^{{Bibleverse|Matthew|2:11}} 4. ^{{cite web|author=Home |url=http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/why-did-the-magi-bring-gold-frankincense-and-myrrh/ |title=Why Did the Magi Bring Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh? |publisher=Biblical Archaeology Society |date= |accessdate=2016-01-01}} 5. ^{{cite book | first =Margaret | last =Freeman | title =The story of the Three Kings: Melchior, Balthasar and Jaspar | publisher = Metropolitan Museum of Art| edition = | year = 1978| isbn = 9780870991806|page=67 }} 6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/the-magi.html |title=The Magi |publisher=Catholic Education |date= |accessdate=2016-01-01}} 7. ^David Lowenthal, The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), xvi. 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09527a.htm |title=Magi |publisher=Catholic Encyclopedia |date=1910-10-01 |accessdate=2016-01-01}} 4 : 1st-century Christian saints|Biblical Magi|Christmas characters|Christian saints from the New Testament |
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