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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Mary Magdalene, follower of Jesus

Saint ID

S00286

Reported Death Not Before

33

Reported Death Not After

80

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Other "Apostles", Other New Testament saints, Repentant criminals, prostitutes, etc.
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00367Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Martyrs (Liber in Gloria Martyrum), in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. Overview entry.
E00499Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (29), records the following things in Ephesus (western Asia Minor): the tomb of *Mary Magdalene (female follower of Jesus, S00286); the relics of the *Seven Sleepers (brothers who fell asleep during the persecution of Decius, S00287); and the image of Diana destroyed by *Paul (the Apostle, S00008). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594.
E02114Greek inscription, probably recording a church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033). Found at Izra/Zorava near Bostra (Roman province of Arabia). Probably 5th-6th c.
E03720The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 25 April *Mark (the Evangelist, S00293), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Mary (mother of James, New Testament figure, S01818), *Salome (follower of Jesus, S01819), *Ioanna (the Myrrhbearer, New Testament figure, S01820), and *Mary and Martha of Bethany (followers of Jesus and sisters of Lazarus, S01326).
E03808The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 22 July *Andreas (probably martyr of Antioch on the Orontes, S00883), *Mary Magdalene (female follower of Jesus, S00286), *Daniel (the Old Testament prophet, S00727), and *Hyacinthus (martyr of Rome under Trajan, S01609).