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- “The Magi Journeying (Les rois mages en voyage),” by James Tissot, 1886-1894. Brooklyn Museum.
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- “The Adoration of the Magi” by Nicola Pisano, 1260. Panel from the pulpit of the Duomo, Siena, Italy.
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- “The Three Kings, kneeling with gifts” by Joseph Christian Leyendecker, 1900.
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- “The Adoration of the Magi,” by He Qi, China, 2001.
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- “The Magi,” a mosaic from a late 6th century at the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy.
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- “The Adoration of the Magi” by Marcelo Barros.
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- One of the earliest known depictions of the magi from a 2nd century sarcophagus, Vatican Museums, Rome.
The word “epiphany” comes from the Greek word “ἐπιφάνεια,” meaning “appearance” or “showing forth.” It names the day that the church tells Matthew’s story of the magi from foreign lands who follow the light of the star and thus see Jesus as Christ. We celebrate the Epiphany of Our Lord on Jan. 6.
