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Mary Magdalene's alleged skull, displayed at the basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, in Southern France. Mary Magdalene's bone, displayed at La Madeleine, Paris. The relics of Mary Magdalene are a set of human remains that purportedly belonged to the Christian saint Mary Magdalene, one of the female followers of Jesus Christ.
The discovery of the relics attributed to the Three Marys was accompanied by the decision to venerate them three times a year, on May 25, for the feast of Mary Jacobe, on October 22 for that of Mary Salome and December 3. A procession to the sea, with the boat and the two saints, takes place in May and October. Saint Sarah is venerated on May ...
The 1549 Book of Common Prayer had on July 22 a feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, with the same Scripture readings as in the Tridentine Mass and with a newly composed collect: "Merciful father geue us grace, that we neuer presume to synne through the example of anye creature, but if it shall chaunce vs at any tyme to offende thy dyuine maiestie ...
A case containing a small relic of Saint Mary Magdalene formerly rested atop the tomb. The cathedral in Salt Lake City was one of two cathedrals in the world holding first-class relics of the saint and are named in her honor, the other being the Basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume in France. [6]
The monks of Vézelay pronounced this to be Mary Magdalene's tomb, from which her relics had been translated to their abbey. Freed captives then brought their chains as votive objects to the abbey, and it was the newly elected Abbot Geoffroy in 1037 who had the ironwork melted down and reforged as wrought iron railings surrounding the Magdalene ...
relics of holy women: the reliquary of the girdle of Saint Mary, Mary's wedding ring, relics of Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Siena and Bernadette Soubirous; relics of holy men: a reliquary with oil from the grave of Saint Nicholas, a relic of Saint Roch and a relic of Saint Giles;
Her relics rest with Maximinus, Sidonius and Susanna in the Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene, in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume. [11] [12] Her memory is celebrated annually on January 31 by the Provençals. [13] Sarcophagus with the relics of Saint Marcella in the Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene, in Sainte-Baume
[7] [8] Leper hospitals were traditionally dedicated to St Mary Magdalen, who was seen as an "outcast who was welcomed by Christ". [9] It is believed that almost 300 leper hospitals were built in the Middle Ages, with the chapel of St Mary Magdalen at Ripon being one of the few survivors, and so is important to archaeology. [10]