Numbering twelve in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, their supposed relics are presently in Cologne Cathedral. Their social status was likely inferred from Psalms 72:11, while the eighth-century Exerpt
Numbering twelve in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, their supposed relics are presently in Cologne Cathedral. Their social status was likely inferred from Psalms 72:11, while the eighth-century Exerpta latina barbari is the probable origin of the names by which they are known in today; Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar. For 10 points, identify these pilgrims "from the East" who, according to Matthew 2, brought "gold and frankincense and myrrh" to the infant Jesus.
Numbering twelve in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, their supposed relics are presently in Cologne Cathedral.