Note 2045 — Chapter XX · OTHER CHRISTIAN DISCUSSION OF MAGIC BEFORE AUGUSTINE
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Mâle, Religious Art in France, 1913, p. 208, was not able to trace the legend that the star of the Magi appeared with the face of a child beyond The Golden Legend compiled by James of Voragine in the thirteenth century. We shall, however, find it mentioned in the twelfth century by Abelard, who derived it from this spurious homily of Chrysostom.