22 July – Saint Mary Magdalene

Annus Dierum Sanctorum 
Domum Convivii ingressa est.
She came into the banquet house.
Daniel 5.10
Secura mens, quasi iuge convivium.
A secure mind is like a continual feast.
Proverbs 15.15

Biblical Texts

Anointing in Bethany
Luke 7 
John 11 
Luke 8

Crucifixion
Mark 15 
Matthew 27 
John 19 

Resurrection
Mark 16
Matthew 28 
John 20 

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Dictionary of Saintly Women

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.

Character Calendar  

Pictorial Lives of the Saints 

La vie des saints 

La vie des saints

Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints and the Gardens of the Poets by Eleanor C. Donnelly.

Pictorial Half Hours with the Saints by Auguste François Lecanu.

Miniature Lives Of The Saints For Every Day In The Year by Henry Sebastian Bowden.

Short Lives of the Dominican Saints 

Stories of the Saints Third Series by Mary Seymour.

The Lives of Saints, with Other Feasts of the Year, According to the Roman Calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.

Illustrious Women of Bible and Catholic Church History

Tradition in Action

“Mary Magdalene” by George MacDonald.

“Magdalene in the Desert” by Aubrey Devere.

“St. Mary Magdalene” by Matthew Russell.

“Mary Magdalene and the Other Mary” by Christina Rossetti.

“Divine and Human Pleading” by Christina Rossetti.

“Saint Mary Magdalene” by Frederick William Faber.

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement 

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Hymn by St. Odo of Cluny 

“Mary of Magdala” by Hildegard von Bingen (poem currently visible in this preview)

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

14C Italian Life of Mary Magdalene 

“Mary Magdalene’s Complaint at Christ’s Death” by Saint Robert Southwell.

Hymn by Saint Robert Bellarmine 

Breviarium RomanumLatin & English.

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database 

Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts 

Kornbluth Photography Historical Archive 

Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon.

Fresco Cycle by Giotto in the Magdalene Chapel in the Lower Church in Assisi

Mary Magdalene by Titian

Penitent Mary Magdalene by Titian (another)

Penitent Mary Magdalene by El Greco (another)

Penitent Mary Magdalene by Guido Reni

Repentant Mary Magdalene by Georges de la Tour

Martha and Mary Magdalene by Caravaggio

The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee by Veronese, Giovanni da Milano, Fragment

Noli me tangere12C Ivory, Giotto, Giotto, Fra Angelico, Tilman Riemenschneider, Correggio, Bronzino, Pontormo, Titian, Bernini, Rubens, Claude Lorrain

Mary Magdalene with Two Angels by Tilman Riemenschneider (color)

A gallery of photos accompanying the Wikipedia entry on Mary Magdalene (click on the first image to start)

Mary Magdalene as Melancholy (online exhibition, mature content)

Artemsia’s Magdalene in Ecstasy (online exhibition, also mature content)

Mary Magdalene at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Saints and their Attributes

Sacred and Legendary Art volume I by Mrs. Jameson.

A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art by Clara Erskine Clement.

A Garner of Saints: Being a Collection of the Legends and Emblems Usually Represented in Art by Allen Hinds.

Lives and Legends of the Evangelists, Apostles, and Other Early Saints by Mrs. Arthur Bell.

The Saints in Art with Their Attributes and Symbols, Alphabetically Arranged by Margaret E. Tabor.

Saints and their Symbols: A Companion in the Churches and Picture Galleries of Europe by E. A. Greene.

The Saints in Art by Joseph Maria von Radowitz.

Emblems of Saints by Which They Are Distinguished in Works of Art by F. C. Husenbeth.

Sacred Symbols in Art by Elizabeth Edwards Goldsmith.

Music

Medieval Music Database

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

Hymns of the Breviary 

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Magdalena lugens voce sola cum symphonia, H.343 [29] & Pour Marie Madeleine, “Sola vivebat in antris” H.373 & Dialogus inter Magdalena et Jesum 2 vocibus Canto et Alto cum organo, H.423

Songs for Catholic Schools

Scholarship

In Our Time Radio Show

Customs & Devotions

Late Medieval French Prayers

Manna for the Soul: Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Paulo Segneri.

Heortology: A History Of The Christian Festivals From Their Origin To The Present Day by Heinrich Kellner.

Meditations for All the Days of the Year by M. Hamon.

Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays