The photographs show an authentic medieval reliquary containing a skull that the Vatican has recognized as an authentic relic of Mary Magdalene since the Middle Ages. However, challenges to the ...

Context: The photographs show an authentic medieval reliquary containing a skull that the Vatican has recognized as an authentic relic of Mary Magdalene since the Middle Ages. However, challenges ...

Context: The photographs show an authentic medieval reliquary containing a skull that the Vatican has recognized as an authentic relic of Mary Magdalene since the Middle Ages. However, challenges ...

Another notable critic was the 20th-century French bishop and historian Victor Saxer, who argued against the credibility of the medieval legends about Mary Magdalene spending the end of her life ...

Indeed, Mary Magdalene has become associated with people who have been historically marginalized, such as lepers; medieval and early modern leper hospitals were sometimes named after her.

As part of her medieval legend, it was believed that as a hermit, Mary Magdalene was raised by angels seven times per day to “listen to the music of the heavens,” an experience that Mr. Davis ...