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Mary Magdalene

Follower of Jesus (-100)

  • Fame70.3
  • Momentum0.5
  • Israel rank#46
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame70.3
  • Momentum0.5
  • Israel rank#46
  • Academics rank#150
  • Wikipedia213.4K
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Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

A first-century follower of Jesus whose gospel presence as witness to crucifixion and resurrection got buried under centuries of invented identity—chiefly a 591 papal sermon that recast her, without scriptural warrant, as a repentant prostitute.

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The canonical gospels place her among Jesus's travelling followers, present at his death and resurrection. Gnostic texts went further, depicting her as his closest disciple, uniquely fluent in his teachings and locked in tension with Peter. Early Church Fathers mentioned her only in passing. Then Pope Gregory I's 591 sermon conflated her with other biblical women and branded her a reformed prostitute—a fiction that defined her in Western Christianity for over a millennium. The Eastern Orthodox Church never accepted the conflation, honouring her instead as a Myrrhbearer and "Equal to the Apostl…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Mary Magdalene

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Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God.
— Luke 8:1-3 (English Standard Version)
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When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.
— Luke 7:36-48 (New International Version)
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As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.
— Luke 10:38-42 (New International Version)
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Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
— John 11:1-2 (New International Version) & 11:29-32 (New International Version)
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Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair.
— John 12:13 (New International Version)
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Fame
Falling
70.3
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum0.5
Historical31.7
Now attention5.1
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#46
Category rank
#150
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  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence