The Myrrhophore

In the late sixth century, Gregory of Tours (544-95), a historian of the Franks, was to speak of Mary Magdalene ending her days at Ephesus in Asia Minor, where John is thought to have become its first bishop. Her flight to Ephesus is confirmed by Modeus (d. 634), patriarch of Jerusalem, who tells us:

“… after the death of Our Lord, the mother of God and Mary Magdalene joined John, the well-beloved disciple, at Ephesus. It is there that the myrrhophore [myrrh-bearer] ended her apostolic career through her martyrdom, not wishing to the very  end to be separated from John the apostle and the virgin.” Susan Haskins  – Mary Magdalene : Myth and Metaphor p. 158

From Andrew Collins - 21st Century Grail-The Quest for a Legend 2004