(Restoring the Faith YouTube Channel) RTF is bringing you the Wondrous Story of the Three Kings. This story will make sure that you have a broad understand about who the Three Kings are and much History and Tradition about themselves and even the gifts that they brought. This is the story as written by John of Hildesheim in the 14th century and was compiled from a variety of sources.
What happened after the Three Kings went home? How did they come to meet St. Thomas the Apostle? Also how they became bishops, converted thousands of people, and what happened to their remains over the centuries. Enjoy!
John of Hildesheim, O.Carm. (Latin: Johannes de Hildesheim) was born sometime between 1310 and 1320 in Hildesheim, and died in 1375 in Marienau. He was a writer and Carmelite friar from the German town of Hildesheim, then the capital of the Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim, an independent state within the Holy Roman Empire. Due to his status as a friar, he was able to travel through Germany, France and Italy, and his broad literary opus includes works of philosophy, theology and poetry, but most popularly this beautiful story of the Three Kings.
