"THE day, dearly-beloved, on which Christ must be venerated by us with holy worship: and today those joys must be entertained in our hearts which existed in the breasts of the three magi, when, aroused by the sign and leading of a new star, which they believed to have been promised, they fell down in presence of the King of heaven and earth. For that day has not so passed away that the mighty work, which was then revealed, has passed away with it, and that nothing but the report of the thing has come down to us for faith to receive and memory to celebrate; seeing that, by the oft-repeated gift of God, our times daily enjoy the fruit of what the first age possessed."
~St. Leo the Great (c. 395-461): Sermon 36; On the Feast of the Epiphany, 36:1.
~St. Leo the Great (c. 395-461): Sermon 36; On the Feast of the Epiphany, 36:1.
Adoration of the Magi, by Altichiero da Zevio.
Fresco, 1378-84; Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua.
Fresco, 1378-84; Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua.