Caspar (magus)

Saint

Caspar
Saint; Caspar
	Detail of Caspar in Adoration of the Kings by Gerard David, c. 1515
Three Magi, Three Kings, Three Wise Men
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church; Anglican Communion; Lutheran Church
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Major shrine	Shrine of the Three Kings, Cologne Cathedral
Feast	6 January (Epiphany); 11 January (Date of his death)
Attributes	King bearing gifts, king on a camel, three crowns
Patronage	Epilepsy, thunder, motorists, pilgrims, playing card manufacturers, sawmen, sawyers, travellers, travelling merchants, Cologne, Germany, Saxony

Caspar (otherwise known as Casper, Gaspar, Kaspar, Jasper, Kasper, and other variations) was one of the 'Three Kings', along with Melchior and Balthazar, representing the wise men or Biblical Magi mentioned in Matthew 2:1-9. Although the Bible's Gospel books don't specify who or what the Magi were, since the seventh century the Magi have been identified in Catholicism as Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. Caspar and the other two Magi are considered saints by the Catholic Church.

Saint Caspar
Detail of Caspar in Adoration of the Kings by Gerard David, c. 1515
Three Magi, Three Kings, Three Wise Men
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheran Church
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Major shrine	Shrine of the Three Kings, Cologne Cathedral
Feast	6 January (Epiphany) 11 January (Date of his death)
Attributes	King bearing gifts, king on a camel, three crowns
Patronage	Epilepsy, thunder, motorists, pilgrims, playing card manufacturers, sawmen, sawyers, travellers, travelling merchants, Cologne, Germany, Saxony