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who is King of Pandi, Cape of Comurin. and King Arichen- 
dram of Atanapuran, and another Catri King, king of the vir. 
gins (e otro rey Catri rey de las virgines), and many others of 
different nations and sects determined all with pleasure and, 
of their free will agreeing among themselves, submitted to the 
law and service of St. Thomas, a holy penitent man! The 
time came when St. Thomas died at the hand of the Bramene, 
and a cross of blood was made (hizose). All those who adore 
this cross, God King pardons them the great sin of their birth 
(su gran peccado del nascimiento), and coming there (i.e , where 
God is) they will live (an de uvuir). Truth.” 
Is it possible that the number ‘three’ of the kings in 
the above passage should have been influenced by the belief 
that the kings converted by St. Thomas were the three Magi ! 
** A homily, the author of which is unknown, but which is 
attributed to St. John Chrysostom, says that St. Thomas 
baptised the three Magi, who worshipped the Infant Jesus at 
Bethlzhem and helped him later in his apostolate. Sophro- 
nius says the same thing.” 2 
‘“‘Tt is said that, after their return home, the Magi were 
baptized by St. Thomas and wrought much for the spread of 
the Faith in Christ. The story is traceable to an Arian writer 
Cathedral of Cologne contains what are claimed to be the 
' Tam responsible for the punctuation in this paragraph. The ex- 
planations introduced by ‘7.e.,’ are evi ently Monserrate’s. Cheram- 
peremal is the Xaram Perumal of other Portuguese authors, or the King 
m St. Th i i 
uins hi n th 
of an old bed of the Ganges, 57 miles N.E. of Delhi. Was the 
other Ksatriya King (one of the warrior caste) King of the Amazons, 
like Prester John ? - 
versions of the Brahman’s translation make St. Thomas 
a 
at 
Mylapore ; but that story shows once more how the St. Thomas Chris- 
a re. 
Mgr. Zaleski, Les origines du Christianisme aur Indes, p. 158. 
W. Drum in Cath. Encycl., I, 5300. Prester John too was 
