Salome (disciple)

Not to be confused with Salome, the daughter of Herodias, who asked for the head of John the Baptist on a platter.
This article is about the character in the gospels. For other uses, see Salome (disambiguation).

Saint

Salome
Greek fresco of St Salome
Myrrhbearer, Midwife
Died1st century
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast24 April and 22 October (General Roman Calendar of Catholic Church)
3 August (Eastern Orthodox, some Eastern Catholic & Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod)
Sunday of the Myrrhbearers (Eastern Orthodox & some Eastern Catholic)
Attributesvase of ointment[1]
Eastern Orthodox icon of the two Marys and Salome at the Tomb of Jesus (Kizhi, 18th century).
Crucifixion, from the Buhl Altarpiece, 1490s. Salome is one of the two leftmost women with a halo.

In the New Testament, Salome was a follower of Jesus who appears briefly in the canonical gospels and in apocryphal writings. She is named by Mark as present at the crucifixion and as one of the Myrrhbearers, the women who found Jesus's empty tomb. Interpretation has further identified her with other women who are mentioned but not named in the canonical gospels. In particular, she is often identified as the wife of Zebedee, the mother of James and John, two of the Twelve apostles.[2] In medieval tradition Salome (as Mary Salome) was counted as one of the Three Marys who were daughters of Saint Anne, so making her the sister or half-sister of Mary, mother of Jesus.[3]

  1. ^ Husenbeth, Frederik Charles. Emblems of Saints: By which They are Distinguished in Works of Art, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860, p. 147
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference biblehub was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "NETBible:Salome". Archived from the original on 1 September 2009.