Roman Catholic tradition says that to escape persecution Mary Magdalene, Martha, and Lazarus travelled to Gaul (France) where Mary Magdalene spent the last thirty years of her life. She is said to have lived in the cold, perpetually wet cave of Sainte-Baume , near Aix-en-Provence, sleeping on a large rock which was the only part of the cave which always remained dry.
Relics of the saint are a lock of hair, the end of a tibia bone, and a gold-encased skull on display in the basilica at St-Maximin-la-Ste.-Baume.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
What Became of Mary Magdalene?
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Mary Magdalene
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