The Magi

Connected Sites: 9

Definition
The biblical Magi, also referred to as the (Three) Wise Men or (Three) Kings, were, in the Gospel of Matthew and Christian tradition, a group of distinguished foreigners who visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. (wiki)

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  • Ravenna
    Ravenna
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    4.15
    272
    8
    Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo: one of the mosaic rows shows "a procession of the 22 Virgins of the Byzantine period, led by the Three Magi, moving from the city of Classe towards the group of the Madonna and Child surrounded by four angels. (The Magi in this mosaic are named Balthasar, Melchior and Gaspar; this is thought to be the earliest example of these three names being assigned to the Magi in Christian art.)"
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Maison Carrée of Nîmes
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.75
    172
    4
    The Maison Carrée housed the church of the nearby Augustinian convent dedicated to the three wise men. (Nomination file, p. 49)
  • Cologne Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.53
    481
    24
    Their remains are contained in a shrine
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.82
    302
    14
    A fresco depiction the Adoration of the Magi in the Church Saint-Pierre de La Sauve. The tympanum of the bell tower of Mimizan and the tympanum of the north portal of the Priory of Notre-Dame de La Charité-sur-Loire show the Adoration of the Magi. (Nomination file) The Adoration of the Magi also features on the tympanum of the west portal of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges Cathedral.
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.93
    253
    12
    One of the frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel depicts the adoration of the Magi. (Nomination file, p. 52)
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    275
    12
    Here they met King Herod
  • Longobards in Italy
    Inscribed: 2011
    2.81
    227
    14
    A fresco depicting the Adoration of the Magi in the Church of Santa Maria foris portas in Castelseprio (Nomination file, p. 154, 156)
  • Istanbul
    Istanbul
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1985
    4.37
    485
    12
    The remains were previously kept at Haghia Sophia
  • Bisotun
    Inscribed: 2006
    2.68
    29
    2
    Where there is an inscription mentioning the Magi, though of course not the Biblical ones