Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene is a woman in all four gospels of the New Testament. She became a faithful follower of Jesus after he delivered her from seven demons. She witnessed the crucifixion and burial of Jesus, and was the first person to see and talk with him after he arose from the dead. She told the apostles that she had seen him alive.

Mary is a saint in the Catholic church. She is remembered on July 22.

Mary Magdalene Media

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  Photograph taken c. 1900 of al-Majdal, a village standing among the ruins of Magdala, Mary Magdalene's hometown

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  The Conversion of Mary Magdalene (c. 1548) by Paolo Veronese

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  Holy Women at Christ's Tomb (c. 1590s) by Annibale Carracci. In Matthew 28:1–10 9, Mary Magdalene and "the other Mary" encounter an angel at the tomb, who tells them that Christ has risen.

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  Appearance of Jesus Christ to Maria Magdalena (1835) by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov. In John 20:1–13 9, Mary Magdalene sees the risen Jesus alone and he tells her "Don't touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my father."

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  Fragment of a fourth-century text of the apocryphal Dialogue of the Saviour, in which Mary Magdalene is a central figure

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  Last page of the Gospel of Thomas from Nag Hammadi, containing the account of Jesus's reaffirmation of Mary's authority to Peter

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  Text of the Gospel of Philip from Nag Hammadi

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  Papyrus Oxyrhynchus L 3525, a fragment of the Greek text of the Gospel of Mary