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What was the Christmas star?
Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy: The Three Wise Men (named Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar). Detail from 6th-century Mary and Child surrounded by angels mosaic, by the so-called “Master of Sant’Apollinare”. The fabled Christmas star appears at upper right. Image via Nina Aldin Thune/ Wikipedia. Was the Christmas star a real sky object? Was the Star of Bethlehem, or Christmas star, a real astronomical phenomenon? It’s a major …
It is a regular feature in Christmas pictures and nativity scenes. The large, bright star shining above the manger is one of the most famous Christian scenes and has fascinated theologians, historians and astronomers for centuries. Yet, to this day, we still don't know exactly what the Bible says the wise men from the East saw when they set out for Bethlehem.
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