Whether you believe she was a penitent prostitute, the wife of Jesus or the apostle’s apostle, Mary Magdalene and her story have intrigued the nation since Dan Brown published “The Da Vinci ...

The question of whether the skull authentically belonged to the biblical figure known as Mary Magdalene is less straightforward. As the religious scholar Philip Almond explains in his 2023 book ...

Mary Magdalene has long been a controversial figure within the Catholic church. ... Rumors that her remains were in the south of France gained popularity in 1279, ...

The post identified the images as showing "Mary Magdalene's alleged skull, displayed at the basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, in Southern France." At the time of this writing, the post ...

As a relic of Mary Magdalene tours the U.S. for the first time, ... In 2006, I traveled to France to visit the Sainte-Baume Grotto. Near the foot of the mountain, ...

Holy relics of St. Mary Magdalene — locks of hair and a small piece of bone enclosed in a golden cross reliquary — were brought to Louisiana from a basilica in southern France.

Throughout history, Mary Magdalene has been both revered and reviled, a woman who has taken on many forms - witch, whore, the incarnation of the eternal feminine, the devoted companion (and ...

The Faces of Mary Magdalene. Published May 28, 2006 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Mar 13, ... authored "The Golden Legend," which claimed Mary Magdalene had settled in France after the Resurrection.

She’s one of the most recognized figures in the Bible—and perhaps the most misunderstood. That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing down the truth about Mary Magdalene.

Mary Magdalene’s body passed through Rome on the journey to France, the story goes, and bone fragments from her foot were given to the pope.

In a 2021 study I co-authored with professor Joan Taylor, we also demonstrated that the word "Magdalene" does not necessarily reference Mary's hometown; it could just as well be an honorific title ...