TheThree Wise Men

[daithebus]

The THree Wise Men are believed to be buried in which German Cathedral?( many thanks in advance)

[shaneystar]

The Shrine of the Three Kings is in Cologne Cathedral.

[Octavius]

A Shrine of the Three Kings at Cologne Cathedral, according to tradition, contains the bones of the Three Wise Men. Reputedly they were first discovered by Saint Helena on her famous pilgrimage to Palestine and the Holy Lands. She took the remains to the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople; they were later moved to Milan, before being sent to their current resting place by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I in 1164.

[pega]

I gather the shrine is gold caskets at the high altar in cologne cathedral  its amazing to think that these can be the three wise men as I throught they came from different places and met up to go the bethlehem  I am looking forward to a visit to cologne and seeing this shrine, and finding out more

Octavius answer is interesting and if I remember will ask about the finding of the three wise men and where st helena  discovered them when I'm in the Holy Land next month.

[shaneystar]

Wonderful place to visit pega. Awe inspiring.
I used to live in Cologne and used to haunt the cathedral !!

[shaneystar]

This is what they discovered when it was opened in 1864.
On July 20th 1864, at the opening of the shrine, remains of the Three Kings and the coins of Philipp of Heinsberg were discovered. An eyewitness report reads:

In a special compartment of the shrine now there showed - along with remains of ancient old rotten or moulded bandages, most likely byssus, besides pieces of aromatic resins and similar substances - numerous bones of three persons, which under the guidance of several present experts could be assembled into nearly complete bodies: the one in his early youth, the second in his early manhood, the third was rather aged. Two coins, bracteates made of silver and only one side striken, were adjoined; one, provably from the days of Philipps von Heinsberg, displayed a church (, the other showed a cross, accompanied by the sword of jurisdiction, and the crosier (bishop's crook) on either side.
Excellent wikepedia article about it all here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings_a t_Cologne_Cathedral

[woofgang]

I wonder who they really are??

[Tatty Rollox]

...... and here is the entrance to Cologne Cathedral, and here is the inside: here is the casket containing The Three Wise Men, and here is a close up of a section of the casket ............

[Tatty Rollox]

........ and here are The Three Wise Men at the crib .....

[shaneystar]

Tatty you are a star !!
We are still waiting for a pic on the thread in History and Myths .....Hanging !

[Tatty Rollox]

......  well, whilst we are waiting, shan, I did come across this fellow hanging about singing "i ain't got nobody" ........