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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 23rd of July WELCOME! TRANSLATION OF THE THREE KINGS On this day, we commemorate the translation of the relics of the biblical  Three Kings [Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar]. On July 23, 1164, they arrived at Cologne. Archbishop Rainald of Dassel received them from Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and had them brought to Cologne. For centuries up to the present day, the relics are visited by large numbers of pilgrims. 📷: 1. The shrine: CC-BY-SA-3.0, 2. Cologne Cathedral c. 1925, 3. view of the medieval lattice housing, 1633, Cologne, Kölnisches Stadtmuseum A I 3/125 (© rba_d023279) The Three Kings' story as related in Matthew 2:1-12 After Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judaea during the reign of King Herod, some wise men came to Jerusalem from the east. “Where is the infant king of the Jews?” they asked. “We saw his star as it rose and have come to do him homage.” When King Herod heard this he was perturbed, and so ...

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 6th of January WELCOME! THE THREE KINGS Three Kings Shrine, Cologne Cathedral The Three kings, the " wise men from the Orient " ( Matthew 2:1 ff. ), have their feast day since the 8th century. Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar, patron saints of motorists, are commemorated on the feast of  Epiphany (January 6).  In Hebrew, the kings are called Galgalath, Magalath, and Tharath; in Greek Appelius, Amerius, and Damascus; in Latin Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar (Golden Legend). THE RELICS Their relics are said to have been brought to Constantinople and from there to Milan. Rainald von Dassel transferred them to Cologne in 1164.  ST CASPAR St Caspar, King of Chaldea, is traditionally portrayed with a reddish beard in the middle of the three kings, younger than Melchior and older than Balthasar. He presented the frankincense to the Infant Saviour.  ST MELCHIOR St Melchior, King of Persia,  is often referr...