Balthasar, legendary figure, said to be one of the magi who paid homage to the infant jesus. Bel was the chief and titular god of babylon. Saint balthasar, also known as baltasar, is revered as one of the three magi or wise men who journeyed from the east to worship the newborn jesus christ and present him with gifts alongside his companions, saint caspar and saint melchior. This is also the form (of belshazzar) used in the greek old testament Baltasar gracián y morales s.j The name baltasar is of persian origin and has various interpretations
It is commonly believed to mean baal protects the king or baal's prince. the name combines the elements baal, referring to a semitic deity, and sar, meaning prince or ruler. Baltasar gracián (born january 8, 1601, belmonte de calatayud, spain—died december 6, 1658, tarazona) was a philosopher and writer known as the leading spanish exponent of conceptism (conceptismo), a style of dealing with ideas that involves the use of terse and subtle displays of exaggerated wit.
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