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The name of the Magi's star was "Messiah" (I)

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In these excerpts from Maria Valtorta's The Gospel as Revealed to Me (1), Maria saw the Magi arrive and prostrate themselves before the Holy Family after following the star that led them to Bethlehem:

§ 219 - And they prostrate themselves, touching the ground with their foreheads, to kiss the soil. They are three powerful individuals as is quite obvious from their very rich attire. One of them, of a very dark complexion, who dismounts from a camel, wraps himself in a sciamma* of pure bright silk, held tight to his waist by a precious girdle, from which a dagger or sword hangs with a jewel-studded hilt. Of the other two, who dismount from two splendid horses, one is wearing a beautiful striped robe, the dominant colour of which is yellow, fashioned like a long domino with hood and cordon, which looks like a piece of gold filigree owing to the very rich golden embroidery. The third one is wearing a silk shirt puffing out of long large trousers, narrow at the ankles. He is wrapped in a very fine shawl which resembles a flowery garden, so bright are the flowers decorating it. On his head he has a turban held by a little chain covered with diamond settings.(...)

§ 220 - Mary is sitting with the Child in Her lap and Joseph is standing near Her. But She also gets up and bows when She sees the Magi entering. She is all dressed in white. She is so beautiful in Her plain white dress which covers Her from Her neck down to Her feet, from Her shoulders to Her slender wrists. She is so beautiful with Her head crowned with Her blond plaits, Her face more rosy due to the emotion, with Her eyes smiling so sweetly while Her mouth gives a greeting: «May God be with you», that the three Magi stop for a moment, completely astonished. They then proceed and prostrate themselves at Her feet. And they ask Her to sit down. They do not sit down, although She asks them to do so. They remain kneeling, relaxing on their heels. Behind them, also on their knees, are the three servants. They are immediately after the threshold. They have placed the three gifts they were carrying in front of the Magi, and now they are waiting. The three Wise Men contemplate the Child, Who I think must be nine to twelve months old, He is so lively and strong. 

He is sitting on His Mother’s lap and smiles and prattles with a shrill voice like a little bird. He is all dressed in white like His Mother, with tiny sandals on His little feet.

Maria Valtorta, The Gospel as Revealed to Me, volume 1 

Original title:L′Evangelo come mi è stato rivelato, Copyright © 2001 by Centro Editoriale Valtortiano srl.

(1) Maria Valtorta was a Catholic Italian mystic and writer. She was a Franciscan tertiary and a lay member of the Servants of Mary who reported personal conversations with, and dictations from, Jesus Christ. She lived much of her life bedridden in Viareggio in Tuscany where she died in 1961.

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