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Saint Caspar

"Saint Caspar (otherwise known as Casper, Gaspar, Kaspar, and other variations) along with Melchior and Balthazar, represents the wise men (Biblical Magi, usually taken as three in number) mentioned in the Bible in the Gospel of Matthew, verses 2:1-9. Although the Bible does not specify who or what the Magi were, since the seventh century, the Magi have been identified in the Western Church as Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. Caspar and the other two are considered saints by the Catholic Church.

The name Caspar or Casper is derived from Gaspar which in turn is from an ancient Chaldean word, "Gizbar", which according to StrongĀ“s Concordance means "treasurer". The form "Gizbar" appears in the Hebrew version of the Old Testament Book of Ezra (1:8). In fact, the modern Hebrew word for "treasurer" is still "Gizbar". By the 1st century B.C. the Septuagint gave a Greek translation of "Gizbar" in Ezra 1:8 as "Gasbarinou" (literally: son of "Gasbar"). The transition from "Gizbar" to "Caspar" and "Kaspar" can thus be summarized as: Gizbar>Gasbar>Gaspar>Caspar>Kaspar (with "C" being a misreading of the manuscript "G" and "K" having the same phonetic value as "C"." - (en.wikipedia.org 12.11.2019)

Relationships with persons or entities via objects

(The left column lists the relations of this actor to objects in the right column. In the middle you find other actors in relation to the same objects.)

Was depicted (Actor) Saint Caspar
Was depicted (Actor) Joseph ()
Was depicted (Actor) Melchior ()
Was depicted (Actor) Balthazar ()
Was depicted (Actor) Virgin Mary ()
[Relation to person or institution] biblical Magi ()

[Relation to person or institution] Saint Caspar
[Relation to person or institution] Melchior ()
[Relation to person or institution] biblical Magi ()