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  2. Faustinus and Jovita - Wikipedia

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    Tradition states that they were members of a noble family of Brescia in Lombardy (northern Italy). Jovinus, the older brother, was a preacher; Faustinus, a deacon.For their fearless preaching of the Gospel, they were arraigned before the Roman Emperor Hadrian, who at Brescia, Rome and Naples, subjected them to frightful torments, after which they were beheaded at Brescia in the year 120.

  3. Magi - Wikipedia

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    The early Greek texts typically have the pejorative meaning, which in turn influenced the meaning of magos to denote a conjurer and a charlatan. [15] Already in the mid-5th century BC, Herodotus identifies the magi as interpreters of omens and dreams (Histories 7.19, 7.37, 1.107, 1.108, 1.120, 1.128 [16]). [17]

  4. Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix - Wikipedia

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    The legend about them is that the brothers Simplicius and Faustinus were cruelly tortured on account of their Christian faith, beaten with clubs, and finally beheaded; their bodies were thrown into the Tiber (according to another version a stone was tied to them and they were drowned).

  5. Biblical Magi - Wikipedia

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    Not only in Spain, but also in Argentina, Mexico, Paraguay, and Uruguay, there is a long tradition of children receiving presents by the three Reyes Magos on the night of 5 January (Epiphany Eve) or on the morning of 6 January (Epiphany day or Día de Reyes), because it is believed that this is the day in which the Magi arrived bearing gifts ...

  6. Faustinus of Brescia - Wikipedia

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    Faustinus (died about 15 February 381 A.D.) was bishop of Brescia from c. 360, succeeding Ursicinus. [2] His feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is 15 February: 16 February in the Orthodox Church.

  7. En natus est Emanuel - Wikipedia

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    En natus est Emanuel (Born is Emanuel) is a sacred motet for Christmas by Michael Praetorius who set Latin text to music for four voices. It is part of his 1609 collection Musae Zioniae . Some write the title Enatus est Emanuel .

  8. Adoration of the Magi - Wikipedia

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    Gerard David, Adoration of the Kings, National Gallery, London, circa 1515 Adoration of the Magi, Gentile da Fabriano, 1423. The Adoration of the Magi or Adoration of the Kings or Visitation of the Wise Men is the name traditionally given to the subject in the Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as kings, especially in the West, having found Jesus by following a star ...

  9. Mago (general) - Wikipedia

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    Mago or Magon (Punic: 𐤌𐤂‬𐤍‬, MGN; [1] Ancient Greek: Μάγων, Mágōn) was commander of the Carthaginian fleet and army in Sicily in 344 BC. When Timoleon had made himself master of the citadel of Syracuse after the departure of Dionysius, Hicetas, finding himself unable to cope single-handed with this new and formidable rival, called in the assistance of Mago, who appeared ...