Mary Magdalene, St.

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Mary Magdalene, St. A follower of Christ out of whom He is said to have cast ‘seven devils’ (Lk. 8: 2). She stood by His Cross (Mk. 15: 40); with two other women she discovered the empty tomb (Mk. 16: 1 ff. etc.); and she was granted an appearance of the risen Lord early the same day (Mt. 28: 9; Jn. 20: 11f.). W. tradition long identified her with the ‘woman who was a sinner’ who anointed Christ's feet (Lk. 7: 37) and with Mary the sister of Martha, who also anointed Him (Jn. 12:3), but both identifications have now been abandoned. In several Gnostic texts she appears as a mediator of revelation or in conversation between the risen Christ and His disciples. According to an early legend in the E. Church she went to Ephesus and died there; in the W. a legend arose that she came to S. France with Martha and Lazarus. Feast day, 22 July.

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