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✠ Province of the three Marys
The Province and the Chapel bear the same name, Three Marys.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Mary Salome
The Chapel is part of the Manse
The Three Marys (also spelled Maries) are women mentioned in the canonical gospels’ narratives of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
The Gospels refer to several women named Mary. At various points in Christian history, some of these women have been identified with one another.
- Mary, mother of Jesus
- Mary Magdalene
- Mary of Jacob (mother of James the Less) (Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; Luke 24:10)
- Mary of Clopas (John 19:25), sometimes identified with Mary of Jacob
- Mary of Bethany (Luke 10:38–42, John 12:1–3) is not mentioned in any Crucifixion or Resurrection.
- Another woman who appears in the Crucifixion and Resurrection narratives is Salome, who, in some traditions, is referred to as Mary Salome and identified as being one of the Marys. Other women mentioned in the narratives are Joanna and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
Different sets of three women have been referred to as the Three Marys:
Three Marys present at the crucifixion of Jesus;
Three Marys at the tomb of Jesus on Easter Sunday;
Three daughters of Saint Anne, all named Mary.
This name refers to a group of three women who came to Jesus’ sepulchre. In Eastern Orthodoxy, they are among the Myrrhbearers, a group that traditionally includes many more people. All four gospels mention women going to the tomb of Jesus, but only Mark 16:1 mentions the three that this tradition interprets as bearing the name Mary:
- Mary Magdalene
- Mary of Clopas
- Mary Salome
The other gospels give various indications about the number and identity of women visiting the tomb:
John 20:1 mentions only Mary Magdalene, but has her use the plural, saying: “We do not know where they have laid him” (John 20:2).
Matthew 28:1 says that Mary Magdalene and “the other Mary” went to see the tomb.
Luke 24:10 speaks of Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary of Jacob, and adds “the other women”, after stating earlier (Luke 23:55) that at the burial of Jesus, “the women who had come with him from Galilee … saw the tomb and how his body was laid”.
The Roman Martyrology commemorates Mary Magdalene on 22 July. On 24 April, it commemorates “Mary of Cleopas and Salome, who, with Mary Magdalene, came very early on Easter morning to the Lord’s tomb, to anoint his body, and were the first who heard the announcement of his resurrection.
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