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St
Mary Salome
(1st century AD)
Biographical
Mary was most likely the wife of Zebedee,
and the mother of the apostles
St James the Greater and
St John the Evangelist. She was one of the 'Three Maries'
present at the Crucifixion, and who visited the tomb on the morning of
the Resurrection. In Mark 15:40, we read: 'And there were also women looking
on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the Mother of James
the Less and of Joseph, and Salome'. The parallel passage of Matthew 27:56
reads thus: 'Among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James
and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee'. Comparison of the
two gives a well-grounded probability that the Salome of the former is
identical with the mother of the sons of Zebedee in the latter, who is
mentioned also in Matthew, in connection with the petition in favour of
her sons. Beyond these references in the Gospel narrative and what may
be inferred from them, nothing is known of Salome, though some writers
conjecture more or less plausibly that she is the sister of the Blessed
Virgin mentioned in John 19:25.
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