Balthazar (magus)

Saint

Balthazar
Saint; Balthazar
	Detail of Balthazar in Adoration of the Kings by Gerard David, c. 1515
Three Magi, Three Kings, Three Wise Men
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

Balthazar, also called Balthasar, Balthassar, and Bithisarea,^[1] 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.^[2] In the Catholic Church, he is regarded as a saint (as are the other two Magi).

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Saint Balthazar
Detail of Balthazar in Adoration of the Kings by Gerard David, c. 1515
Three Magi, Three Kings, Three Wise Men
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