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Hello Friar,

My question:

Did a Mary Magdalene truly exist and if so who was she, according to christian teachings.

thank you very much.

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Mary Magdalen is referred to in all four Gospels.  Traditionally, she is identified as a penitent, perhaps the woman caught in adultery and the woman who anointed Christ before the Passion.  There is a Office for her feastday, and she is referred to in the great Requiem hymn, the Dies Irae.

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