Mary Magdalene's story is intimately linked with Jesus. She plays a
starring role in one of the most powerful and important scenes in the
Gospels.
When Jesus is crucified by the Romans, Mary Magdalene was there
supporting him in his final terrifying moments and mourning his death.
She also discovers the empty tomb, and she's a witness to the
resurrection. She was there at the beginning of a movement that was
going to transform the West. But the Mary Magdalene that lives in our
memories is quite different. In art, she's often semi-naked, or an
isolated hermit repenting for her sins in the wilderness: an outcast.
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