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    Indian] Christians; there Gaspar the Magus held dominion". The phrase hic rex caspar habitavit (here lived King Caspar) is inscribed over the Golden Chersonese...
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    Caspar is a masculine given name. It may refer to: Caspar (magus), a name traditionally given to one of the Three Magi in the Bible who brought the baby...
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    Magi (redirect from Magus)
    Magi (PLUR), or magus (SING), is the term for priests in Zoroastrianism and earlier Iranian religions. The earliest known use of the word magi is in the...
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    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...
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    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...
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    In Christianity, the Biblical Magi (/ˈmeɪdʒaɪ/ or /ˈmædʒaɪ/; singular: magus), also known as the Three Wise Men, Three Kings, and Three Magi, are distinguished...
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    be amongst the rest of the Medici portraits. On the east wall, Caspar, the youngest Magus, leads the end of the procession on a white horse. This figure...
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    edition of Giorgio Vasari's Lives (1500). Vasari wrote that the oldest Magus, Caspar, was a depiction of Cosimo de’ Medici (r.1434-1464), who was the head...
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  • meaning "Bel protects the King" is the name commonly attributed to Balthazar (magus), one of the Three Wise Men, at least in the west. Though no names are given...
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    University, has noted that this ruler has been identified with a king called Caspar in the Christian tradition of the Apostle St Thomas and his visit to India...
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