Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Magdalene"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Magdalene
a surname derived from Magdala, the place of her nativity, given
to one of the Marys of the Gospels to distinguish her from the
other Marys (Matt. 27:56, 61; 28:1, etc.). A mistaken notion has
prevailed that this Mary was a woman of bad character, that she
was the woman who is emphatically called "a sinner" (Luke
7:36-50). (See {MARY}.)
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