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<span>Roman Catholic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roman_Catholic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Orthodoxy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Orthodoxy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.2</span> <span>Orthodoxy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Orthodoxy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lutheran" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lutheran"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.3</span> <span>Lutheran</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lutheran-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anglican" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anglican"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.4</span> <span>Anglican</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anglican-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legends_and_myths"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Legends and myths</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Legends_and_myths-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Legends and myths subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Legends_and_myths-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Golden_Legend" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Golden_Legend"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Golden Legend</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Golden_Legend-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-St._Martha_in_Tarascon" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#St._Martha_in_Tarascon"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>St. Martha in Tarascon</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-St._Martha_in_Tarascon-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-St._Martha_and_Villajoyosa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#St._Martha_and_Villajoyosa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>St. Martha and Villajoyosa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-St._Martha_and_Villajoyosa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-St._Martha_and_Pateros" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#St._Martha_and_Pateros"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>St. Martha and Pateros</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-St._Martha_and_Pateros-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gnostic_tradition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gnostic_tradition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Gnostic tradition</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gnostic_tradition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Depictions_in_art_and_literature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Depictions_in_art_and_literature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Depictions in art and literature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Depictions_in_art_and_literature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gallery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gallery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Gallery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gallery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" 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title="Marta Betania – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Marta Betania" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_de_Bet%C3%A0nia" title="Marta de Betània – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Marta de Betània" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%A1_Marta" title="Svatá Marta – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Svatá Marta" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_von_Bethanien" title="Martha von Bethanien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Martha von Bethanien" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_de_Betania" title="Marta de Betania – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Marta de Betania" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_de_Betania" title="Marta de Betania – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Marta de Betania" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_Betaniakoa" title="Marta Betaniakoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Marta Betaniakoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AB%D8%A7" title="مرثا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مرثا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthe_de_B%C3%A9thanie" title="Marthe de Béthanie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Marthe de Béthanie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_fan_Betani%C3%AB" title="Marta fan Betanië – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Marta fan Betanië" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_de_Betania" title="Marta de Betania – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Marta de Betania" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EB%8B%A4%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84%EC%9D%98_%EB%A7%88%EB%A5%B4%ED%83%80" title="베다니아의 마르타 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="베다니아의 마르타" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A2_%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A9%D5%A1" title="Սուրբ Մարթա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սուրբ Մարթա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_iz_Betanije" title="Marta iz Betanije – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Marta iz Betanije" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta" title="Marta – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Marta" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_di_Betania" title="Marta di Betania – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Marta di Betania" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%AA%D7%90" title="מרתא – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מרתא" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sw._Marta" title="Sw. Marta – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Sw. Marta" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_wa_Bethania" title="Martha wa Bethania – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Martha wa Bethania" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_(sancta)" title="Martha (sancta) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Martha (sancta)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Марта – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Марта" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta" title="Marta – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Marta" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE" title="मार्था – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मार्था" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AB%D8%A7" title="مرثا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مرثا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_(Bijbel)" title="Marta (Bijbel) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Marta (Bijbel)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF_(%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AE%E5%A7%89)" title="マルタ (マリアの姉) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マルタ (マリアの姉)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_av_Betania" title="Marta av Betania – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Marta av Betania" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_de_Bet%C3%A0nia" title="Marta de Betània – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Marta de Betània" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_z_Betanii" title="Marta z Betanii – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Marta z Betanii" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_de_Bet%C3%A2nia" title="Marta de Betânia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Marta de Betânia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B0" title="Святая Марфа – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Святая Марфа" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_z_Bet%C3%A1nie" title="Marta z Betánie – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Marta z Betánie" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Johannes_(Jan)_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project_(cropped2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Detail from painting depicting Martha" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Johannes_%28Jan%29_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project_%28cropped2%29.jpg/220px-Johannes_%28Jan%29_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project_%28cropped2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Johannes_%28Jan%29_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project_%28cropped2%29.jpg/330px-Johannes_%28Jan%29_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project_%28cropped2%29.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">traditionally <a href="/wiki/Larnaca" title="Larnaca">Larnaca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Cyprus" title="Roman Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, Roman Empire<br />or<br /><a href="/wiki/Tarascon" title="Tarascon">Tarascon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gallia_Narbonensis" title="Gallia Narbonensis">Gallia Narbonensis</a>, Roman Empire</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Venerated in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran Church">Lutheran Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Canonization" title="Canonization">Canonized</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Pre-congregation</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast</a></th><td class="infobox-data">29 July (Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran), 4 June (Eastern Orthodox)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Saint_symbolism" title="Saint symbolism">Attributes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Broom" title="Broom">broom</a>; <a href="/wiki/Key_(lock)" class="mw-redirect" title="Key (lock)">keys</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tarasque" title="Tarasque">Tarasque</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-SQPN_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SQPN-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">Patronage</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Butler" title="Butler">butlers</a>; <a href="/wiki/Cook_(profession)" title="Cook (profession)">cooks</a>; dietitians; domestic servants; homemakers; hotel-keepers; housemaids; housewives; innkeepers; laundry workers; maids; servants; servers; single laywomen; travellers; <a href="/wiki/Tarascon" title="Tarascon">Tarascon</a>; <a href="/wiki/Villajoyosa" title="Villajoyosa">Villajoyosa</a>, Spain; <a href="/wiki/Pateros" title="Pateros">Pateros</a>, Philippines; Malagasang II, <a href="/wiki/Imus" title="Imus">Imus</a>, Cavite, Philippines</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Martha</b> (<a href="/wiki/Aramaic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Aramaic language">Aramaic</a>: מָרְתָא‎) is a <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">biblical</a> figure described in the <a href="/wiki/Gospels" class="mw-redirect" title="Gospels">Gospels</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">John</a>. Together with her siblings <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany" title="Lazarus of Bethany">Lazarus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany" title="Mary of Bethany">Mary of Bethany</a>, she is described as living in the village of <a href="/wiki/Bethany" title="Bethany">Bethany</a> near <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> and witnessing <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> resurrecting her brother, Lazarus. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_of_the_name">Etymology of the name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology of the name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Martha</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> transliteration of the <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a> Μάρθα, itself a transliteration of the <a href="/wiki/Aramaic" title="Aramaic">Aramaic</a> מָרְתָא‎ <i>Mârtâ</i>, "the mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress", feminine of מר "master." The Aramaic form occurs in a <a href="/wiki/Nabatean" class="mw-redirect" title="Nabatean">Nabatean</a> inscription found at <a href="/wiki/Puteoli" class="mw-redirect" title="Puteoli">Puteoli</a>, and now in the <a href="/wiki/Naples_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Naples Museum">Naples Museum</a>; it is dated AD 5 (Corpus Inscr. Semit., 158); also in a <a href="/wiki/Tadmor,_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Tadmor, Syria">Palmyrene</a> inscription, where the Greek translation has the form <i>Marthein</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pope_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pope-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biblical_references">Biblical references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Biblical references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a>, Jesus <a href="/wiki/Jesus_at_the_home_of_Martha_and_Mary" title="Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary">visits the home of two sisters named Mary and Martha</a>. The two sisters are contrasted: Martha was "encumbered about many things" while Jesus was their guest, while Mary had chosen "the better part", that of listening to the master's discourse.<sup id="cite_ref-Easton_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Easton-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name of their village is not recorded, nor (unlike in John 11:18) is there any mention of whether Jesus was near Jerusalem. Biblical commentator <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_August_Wilhelm_Meyer" title="Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer">Heinrich Meyer</a> notes that "Jesus cannot yet be in <a href="/wiki/Bethany" title="Bethany">Bethany</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where Martha and Mary dwelt [according to John's Gospel]".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Bible_for_Schools_and_Colleges" title="Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a> claims that it was "undoubtedly Bethany".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"<br /> "Martha, Martha", the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Semiradsky_Christ_Martha_Maria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Semiradsky_Christ_Martha_Maria.jpg/300px-Semiradsky_Christ_Martha_Maria.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Semiradsky_Christ_Martha_Maria.jpg/450px-Semiradsky_Christ_Martha_Maria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Semiradsky_Christ_Martha_Maria.jpg/600px-Semiradsky_Christ_Martha_Maria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1740" data-file-height="1099" /></a><figcaption>Christ in the house of Martha and <a href="/wiki/Mary,_sister_of_Lazarus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary, sister of Lazarus">Mary</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Henryk_Siemiradzki" title="Henryk Siemiradzki">Henryk Siemiradzki</a>, 1886</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a>, Martha and Mary appear in connection with two incidents: the <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany#Raising_of_Lazarus" title="Lazarus of Bethany">raising from the dead</a> of their brother Lazarus (John 11) and the <a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_Jesus" title="Anointing of Jesus">anointing of Jesus</a> in Bethany (John 12:3). </p><p>In the account of the raising of Lazarus, when Jesus hears of the death it is noted that "Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus" (John 11:5). Upon arrival, Jesus meets with the sisters in turn: Martha followed by Mary. Martha goes immediately to meet Jesus as he arrives, while Mary waits until she is called. As one commentator notes, "Martha, the more aggressive sister, went to meet Jesus, while quiet and contemplative Mary stayed home. This portrayal of the sisters agrees with that found in Luke 10:38–42."<sup id="cite_ref-Zondervan_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zondervan-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In speaking with Jesus, both sisters lament that he did not arrive in time to prevent their brother's death: "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But where Jesus' response to Mary is more emotional, his response to Martha is one of teaching, calling her to hope and faith: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home. "Lord", Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask." </p><p>Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." Martha answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" </p><p> "Yes, Lord", she told him, "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>As the narrative continues, Martha calls her sister Mary to see Jesus. Jesus has Mary bring him to Lazarus' tomb where he commands the stone to be removed from its entrance. Martha here objects, "But, Lord, by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days", to which Jesus replies, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They then take away the stone and Jesus prays and calls Lazarus forth alive from the tomb. </p><p>Martha appears again in John 12:1–8, where she serves at a meal held in Jesus' honor at which her brother is also a guest. The narrator only mentions that the meal takes place in Bethany, while the apparently parallel accounts in the Gospels of <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Mark</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> specify that it takes place at the home of one <a href="/wiki/Simon_the_Leper" title="Simon the Leper">Simon the Leper</a>. As the Catholic Encyclopedia notes, "We are surely justified in arguing that, since Matthew and Mark place the scene in the house of Simon, St. John must be understood to say the same; it remains to be proven that Martha could not 'serve' in Simon's house."<sup id="cite_ref-Pope_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pope-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is at this meal that a woman (Martha's sister Mary, according to John) <a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_Jesus" title="Anointing of Jesus">anoints Jesus</a> with expensive perfume. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Western_traditions">Western traditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Western traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cristo_en_casa_de_Marta_y_Mar%C3%ADa,_by_Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Cristo_en_casa_de_Marta_y_Mar%C3%ADa%2C_by_Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez.jpg/220px-Cristo_en_casa_de_Marta_y_Mar%C3%ADa%2C_by_Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Cristo_en_casa_de_Marta_y_Mar%C3%ADa%2C_by_Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez.jpg/330px-Cristo_en_casa_de_Marta_y_Mar%C3%ADa%2C_by_Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Cristo_en_casa_de_Marta_y_Mar%C3%ADa%2C_by_Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez.jpg/440px-Cristo_en_casa_de_Marta_y_Mar%C3%ADa%2C_by_Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7290" data-file-height="4226" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_(Vel%C3%A1zquez)" title="Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Velázquez)"><i>Christ in the House of Martha and Mary</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez" title="Diego Velázquez">Diego Velázquez</a>, 1618</figcaption></figure> <p>In medieval <a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a>, Martha's sister Mary was often equated with <a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Mary Magdalene</a>. This identification led to additional information being attributed to Martha as well: </p> <blockquote><p>Mary, Martha, and Lazarus are represented by St. John as living at Bethania, but St. Luke would seem to imply that they were, at least at one time, living in <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a>; he does not mention the name of the town, but it may have been <a href="/wiki/Magdala" title="Magdala">Magdala</a>, and we should thus, supposing Mary of Bethania and Mary Magdalene to be the same person, understand the appellative "Magdalene". The words of St. John (11:1) seem to imply a change of residence for the family. It is possible, too, that St. Luke has displaced the incident referred to in Chapter 10. The likeness between the pictures of Martha presented by Luke and John is very remarkable. The familiar intercourse between the Saviour of the world and the humble family which St. Luke depicts is dwelt on by St. John when he tells us that "Jesus loved Martha, and her sister Mary, and Lazarus" (11:5). Again the picture of Martha's anxiety (John 11:20–21, 39) accords with the picture of her who was "busy about much serving" (Luke 10:40); so also in John 12:2: "They made him a supper there: and Martha served." But St. John has given us a glimpse of the other and deeper side of her character when he depicts her growing faith in Christ's Divinity (11:20–27), a faith which was the occasion of the words: "I am the resurrection and the life." The Evangelist has beautifully indicated the change that came over Martha after that interview: "When she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying: The Master is come, and calleth for thee."<sup id="cite_ref-Pope_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pope-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eastern_Orthodox_tradition">Eastern Orthodox tradition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Eastern Orthodox tradition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a> tradition, though not specifically named as such in the gospels, Martha and Mary were among the <a href="/wiki/Myrrh-bearers" class="mw-redirect" title="Myrrh-bearers">Myrrh-bearing Women</a>. These faithful followers of Jesus stood at <a href="/wiki/Golgotha" class="mw-redirect" title="Golgotha">Golgotha</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion of Jesus</a> and later came to his tomb early on the morning following <a href="/wiki/Biblical_Sabbath" title="Biblical Sabbath">Sabbath</a> with <a href="/wiki/Myrrh" title="Myrrh">myrrh</a> (expensive oil), according to the Jewish tradition, to anoint their Lord's body. The <a href="/wiki/Myrrhbearers" title="Myrrhbearers">Myrrhbearers</a> became the first witnesses to the <a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection of Jesus</a>, finding the empty tomb and hearing the joyful news from an angel.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Orthodox tradition also relates that Martha's brother Lazarus was cast out of Jerusalem in the persecution against the Jerusalem Church following the martyrdom of <a href="/wiki/St._Stephen" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Stephen">St. Stephen</a>. His sister Martha fled Judea with him, assisting him in the proclaiming of the Gospel in various lands,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Mary Magdalene remained with <a href="/wiki/John_the_Apostle" title="John the Apostle">John the Apostle</a> and assisted him with the Church of Jerusalem. According to Cyprian tradition, Lazarus and Martha later came to <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, where Lazarus became the first Bishop of Kittim (modern <a href="/wiki/Larnaca" title="Larnaca">Larnaca</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All three died in <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Veneration">Veneration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Veneration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Johannes_(Jan)_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Johannes_%28Jan%29_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/250px-Johannes_%28Jan%29_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Johannes_%28Jan%29_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/330px-Johannes_%28Jan%29_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Johannes_%28Jan%29_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/500px-Johannes_%28Jan%29_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3459" data-file-height="4001" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer" title="Johannes Vermeer">Johannes Vermeer</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_(Vermeer)" title="Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Vermeer)">Christ in the House of Martha and Mary</a></i>, 1655</figcaption></figure> <p>Martha is venerated as a <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saint</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a>, and commemorated by the <a href="/wiki/Lutheran_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran Church">Lutheran Church</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>. Through time, as the reverence for St. Martha developed, the images of maturity, strength, common sense, and concern for others predominated.<sup id="cite_ref-antigonish_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antigonish-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Feast_days">Feast days</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Feast days"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Roman_Catholic">Roman Catholic</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Roman Catholic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> celebrates the feast day of Martha, <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany" title="Mary of Bethany">Mary of Bethany</a> and their brother <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany" title="Lazarus of Bethany">Lazarus</a> on 29 July.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The feast of Martha, classified as a "semi-double" in the <a href="/wiki/Tridentine_calendar" title="Tridentine calendar">Tridentine calendar</a>, became a "simple" one in the <a href="/wiki/General_Roman_Calendar_of_Pope_Pius_XII" title="General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII">General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII</a>, a "third class feast" in the <a href="/wiki/General_Roman_Calendar_of_1960" title="General Roman Calendar of 1960">General Roman Calendar of 1960</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Memorial_(liturgy)" title="Memorial (liturgy)">memorial</a> in the present <a href="/wiki/General_Roman_Calendar" title="General Roman Calendar">General Roman Calendar</a>. </p><p>Until 2021, the liturgical celebration had been solely of Martha, except among the <a href="/wiki/Benedictines" title="Benedictines">Benedictines</a>. In that year, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> changed it to commemorate the entire family. He further clarified that, contrary to widespread speculation, this Mary was a separate individual from <a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Mary Magdalene</a>, called the Apostle to the Apostles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Orthodoxy">Orthodoxy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Orthodoxy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine Rite</a> <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a> commemorate Martha and her sister Mary on 4 June. They also commemorate them collectively among the <a href="/wiki/Myrrhbearers" title="Myrrhbearers">Myrrh-bearing Women</a> on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers (the Third Sunday of <a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Pascha</a> – i.e., the second Sunday after Easter Sunday). Martha also figures in the commemorations of <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_Saturday" title="Lazarus Saturday">Lazarus Saturday</a> (the day before <a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday" title="Palm Sunday">Palm Sunday</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lutheran">Lutheran</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Lutheran"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Martha is commemorated on 29 July in the <a href="/wiki/Liturgical_calendar_(Lutheran)" title="Liturgical calendar (Lutheran)">Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church</a>, together with Mary and Lazarus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Anglican">Anglican</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Anglican"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Martha is also commemorated on 29 July in the <a href="/wiki/Calendar_of_saints_(Episcopal_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)">Calendar of saints of the Episcopal Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Martha is <a href="/wiki/Calendar_of_saints_(Church_of_England)" title="Calendar of saints (Church of England)">remembered</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany" title="Mary of Bethany">Mary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany" title="Lazarus of Bethany">Lazarus</a>) in the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Festival_(Anglicanism)" title="Lesser Festival (Anglicanism)">Lesser Festival</a> on <a href="/wiki/July_29" title="July 29">29 July</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Patronages">Patronages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Patronages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_roque_parish.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/San_roque_parish.jpg/220px-San_roque_parish.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/San_roque_parish.jpg/330px-San_roque_parish.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/San_roque_parish.jpg/440px-San_roque_parish.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Diocesan Shrine of St. Martha and Parish of <a href="/wiki/St._Roch" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Roch">St. Roch</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pateros" title="Pateros">Pateros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metro_Manila" title="Metro Manila">Metro Manila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. The only shrine in southeast Asia dedicated to St. Martha.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_Saint_Martha" title="Sisters of Saint Martha">Sisters of Saint Martha</a> are a <a href="/wiki/Religious_congregation" title="Religious congregation">religious congregation</a> founded in <a href="/wiki/Antigonish,_Nova_Scotia" title="Antigonish, Nova Scotia">Antigonish, Nova Scotia</a>, in 1894.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Churches">Churches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Churches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MarthaRelic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/MarthaRelic.jpg/170px-MarthaRelic.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/MarthaRelic.jpg/255px-MarthaRelic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/MarthaRelic.jpg/340px-MarthaRelic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1626" data-file-height="2442" /></a><figcaption>Relic from the bones of Saint Martha, venerated in her Diocesan Shrine in Pateros</figcaption></figure> <p>A number of churches are dedicated to St. Martha including: </p> <ul><li>Roman Catholic churches <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Parish_of_Saint_Martha_at_Sunrise,_Nov._2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/The_Parish_of_Saint_Martha_at_Sunrise%2C_Nov._2020.jpg/220px-The_Parish_of_Saint_Martha_at_Sunrise%2C_Nov._2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/The_Parish_of_Saint_Martha_at_Sunrise%2C_Nov._2020.jpg/330px-The_Parish_of_Saint_Martha_at_Sunrise%2C_Nov._2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/The_Parish_of_Saint_Martha_at_Sunrise%2C_Nov._2020.jpg/440px-The_Parish_of_Saint_Martha_at_Sunrise%2C_Nov._2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1740" data-file-height="1302" /></a><figcaption>The Parish of Saint Martha in <a href="/wiki/Imus" title="Imus">Imus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cavite" title="Cavite">Cavite</a>. The only parish in the Diocese of Imus dedicated to Saint Martha.</figcaption></figure></li> <li>Europe: <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89glise_Sainte-Marthe_de_Tarascon" title="Église Sainte-Marthe de Tarascon">Église Sainte-Marthe de Tarascon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tarascon" title="Tarascon">Tarascon</a>, France;</li></ul></li> <li>United States: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._Martha_Catholic_Church" title="St. Martha Catholic Church">St. Martha Catholic Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Morton_Grove,_Illinois" title="Morton Grove, Illinois">Morton Grove, Illinois</a>, and others in <a href="/wiki/East_Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="East Providence, Rhode Island">East Providence, Rhode Island</a>; <a href="/wiki/Valinda,_California" title="Valinda, California">Valinda, California</a>; <a href="/wiki/Kingwood,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingwood, Texas">Kingwood, Texas</a>; <a href="/wiki/Harvey,_Louisiana" title="Harvey, Louisiana">Harvey, Louisiana</a>; <a href="/wiki/Plainville,_Massachusetts" title="Plainville, Massachusetts">Plainville, Massachusetts</a>; <a href="/wiki/Sarasota,_Florida" title="Sarasota, Florida">Sarasota, Florida</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Prestonsburg,_Kentucky" title="Prestonsburg, Kentucky">Prestonsburg, Kentucky</a></li></ul></li> <li>Asia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Pasig" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasig">Roman Catholic Diocese of Pasig</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pateros_Church" title="Pateros Church">Diocesan Shrine of St. Martha and Parish of St. Roch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pateros" title="Pateros">Pateros, Philippines</a>, and St. Martha Parish of Kalawaan Pasig.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Imus" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Imus">Roman Catholic Diocese of Imus</a>: Saint Martha Parish, Greengate Homes, Malagasang II-A, City of <a href="/wiki/Imus" title="Imus">Imus</a>, Province of Cavite.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Australia: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strathfield,_New_South_Wales" title="Strathfield, New South Wales">Strathfield, New South Wales</a></li></ul></li> <li>Anglican Communion: <ul><li>Canada: <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Mary_and_St_Martha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St Mary and St Martha (page does not exist)">St Mary and St Martha</a> in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a></li></ul></li> <li>England: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_Martha%27s_Hill" title="St Martha's Hill">St Martha-on-the-Hill</a> in <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broxtowe,_Nottingham" title="Broxtowe, Nottingham">Broxtowe</a>, Nottinghamshire</li></ul></li> <li>United States: St. Martha's Episcopal Church in: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papillion,_Nebraska" title="Papillion, Nebraska">Papillion, Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethany_Beach,_Delaware" title="Bethany Beach, Delaware">Bethany Beach, Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saints_Martha_%26_Mary,_Eagan,_Minnesota&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saints Martha & Mary, Eagan, Minnesota (page does not exist)">Saints Martha & Mary, Eagan, Minnesota</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.maryandmarthabuford.com/">Saints Mary & Martha, Buford, GA</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Methodist: <ul><li>St Martha's Methodist Church in <a href="/wiki/Tring" title="Tring">Tring</a>, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom</li></ul></li> <li>Lutheran: <ul><li>St. Mary and St. Martha Lutheran Church, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, United States</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legends_and_myths">Legends and myths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Legends and myths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golden_Legend">Golden Legend</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Golden Legend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to legend, St. Martha left <a href="/wiki/Judea" title="Judea">Judea</a> after <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>' resurrection, around AD 48, and went to <a href="/wiki/Provence" title="Provence">Provence</a> with her sister <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany" title="Mary of Bethany">Mary</a> (conflated with <a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Mary Magdalene</a>) and her brother Lazarus. With them, Martha first settled in <a href="/wiki/Avignon" title="Avignon">Avignon</a> (now in France). The <i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Legend" title="Golden Legend">Golden Legend</a></i>, compiled in the 13th century, records the Provençal tradition: </p> <blockquote><p>Saint Martha, hostess of our Lord Jesus Christ, was born of a royal kindred. Her father was named Syro and her mother Encharia. The father of her was duke of <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> and places maritime, and Martha with her sister possessed by the heritage of their mother three places, that was, the castle Magdalen, and Bethany and a part of Jerusalem. It is nowhere read that Martha had ever any husband nor fellowship of man, but she as a noble hostess ministered and served our Lord, and would also that her sister should serve him and help her, for she thought that all the world was not sufficient to serve such a guest.<br /><br />After the ascension of our Lord, when the disciples were departed, she with her brother Lazarus and her sister Mary, also Saint <a href="/wiki/Maximin_of_Trier" title="Maximin of Trier">Maximin</a> [actually a 3rd-century figure] which baptized them, and to whom they were committed of the Holy Ghost, and many others, were put into a ship without sail, oars, or rudder governail, of the paynims, which by the conduct of our Lord they came all to <a href="/wiki/Marseille" title="Marseille">Marseille</a>, and after came to the territory of Aquense or <a href="/wiki/Aix-en-Provence" title="Aix-en-Provence">Aix</a>, and there converted the people to the faith. Martha was right facound of speech, and courteous and gracious to the sight of the people.<sup id="cite_ref-Golden_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Golden-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The <i>Golden Legend</i> also records the grand lifestyle imagined for Martha and her siblings in its entry on Mary Magdalene: </p> <blockquote><p>Mary Magdalene had her surname of Magdala, a castle, and was born of right noble lineage and parents, which were descended of the lineage of kings. And her father was named Cyrus, and her mother Eucharis. She with her brother Lazarus, and her sister Martha, possessed the castle of Magdala, which is two miles from Nazareth, and Bethany, the castle which is nigh to Jerusalem, and also a great part of Jerusalem, which, all these things they departed among them. In such wise that Mary had the castle Magdala, whereof she had her name Magdalene. And Lazarus had the part of the city of Jerusalem, and Martha had to her part Bethany. And when Mary gave herself to all delights of the body, and Lazarus entended all to knighthood, Martha, which was wise, governed nobly her brother's part and also her sister's, and also her own, and administered to knights, and her servants, and to poor men, such necessities as they needed. Nevertheless, after the ascension of our Lord, they sold all these things.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="St._Martha_in_Tarascon">St. Martha in Tarascon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: St. Martha in Tarascon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taming_the_Tarasque,_from_Hours_of_Henry_VIII.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Taming_the_Tarasque%2C_from_Hours_of_Henry_VIII.jpg/220px-Taming_the_Tarasque%2C_from_Hours_of_Henry_VIII.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Taming_the_Tarasque%2C_from_Hours_of_Henry_VIII.jpg/330px-Taming_the_Tarasque%2C_from_Hours_of_Henry_VIII.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Taming_the_Tarasque%2C_from_Hours_of_Henry_VIII.jpg/440px-Taming_the_Tarasque%2C_from_Hours_of_Henry_VIII.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2072" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Martha with the Tarasque, from the <a href="/wiki/Hours_of_Henry_VIII" title="Hours of Henry VIII">Hours of Henry VIII</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A further legend relates that Martha then went to <a href="/wiki/Tarascon" title="Tarascon">Tarascon</a>, France, where a <a href="/wiki/Monster" title="Monster">monster</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tarasque" title="Tarasque">Tarasque</a>, was a constant threat to the population. The <i>Golden Legend</i> describes it as a beast from Galatia; a great <a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">dragon</a>, half beast and half fish, greater than an ox, longer than a horse, having teeth sharp as a sword, and horned on either side, head like a lion, tail like a serpent, that dwelt in a certain wood between <a href="/wiki/Arles" title="Arles">Arles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Avignon" title="Avignon">Avignon</a>. Holding a cross in her hand, Martha sprinkled the beast with holy water. Placing her sash around its neck, she led the tamed dragon through the village.<sup id="cite_ref-antigonish_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-antigonish-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte-Marthe_de_Tarascon_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte-Marthe_de_Tarascon_04.jpg/250px-Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte-Marthe_de_Tarascon_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte-Marthe_de_Tarascon_04.jpg/330px-Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte-Marthe_de_Tarascon_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte-Marthe_de_Tarascon_04.jpg/500px-Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte-Marthe_de_Tarascon_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="3120" /></a><figcaption>Gothic Tomb of Saint Martha in Tarascon</figcaption></figure> <p>There Martha lived, daily occupied in prayers and in fastings. Martha eventually died in Tarascon, where she was buried. Her tomb is located in the <a href="/wiki/Crypt" title="Crypt">crypt</a> of the <a href="/wiki/%C3%89glise_Sainte-Marthe_de_Tarascon" title="Église Sainte-Marthe de Tarascon">local Collegiate Church</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%C3%89glise_Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marthe_(Tarascon).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/%C3%89glise_Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marthe_%28Tarascon%29.jpg/250px-%C3%89glise_Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marthe_%28Tarascon%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/%C3%89glise_Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marthe_%28Tarascon%29.jpg/330px-%C3%89glise_Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marthe_%28Tarascon%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/%C3%89glise_Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marthe_%28Tarascon%29.jpg/500px-%C3%89glise_Coll%C3%A9giale_Sainte_Marthe_%28Tarascon%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="614" data-file-height="819" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/%C3%89glise_Sainte-Marthe_de_Tarascon" title="Église Sainte-Marthe de Tarascon">St Martha's Collegiate Church in Tarascon</a></figcaption></figure><p>The dedication of the Collegiate Church at Tarascon to St. Martha is believed to date from the 9th century or earlier. <a href="/wiki/Relics" class="mw-redirect" title="Relics">Relics</a> found in the church during a reconstruction in 1187 were identified as hers, and reburied in a new shrine at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Collegiate Church crypt is a late 15th-century <a href="/wiki/Cenotaph" title="Cenotaph">cenotaph</a>, also known as the Gothic Tomb of Saint Martha. It is the work of <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Laurana" title="Francesco Laurana">Francesco Laurana</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatian</a> sculptor of the Italian School, commissioned by <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_of_Anjou" title="René of Anjou">King René</a>. At its base are two openings through which the relics could be touched. It bears three low reliefs separated by fluted pilasters representing: on the left, Saint Martha and the Tarasque; in the center, Saint Mary Magdalene borne aloft by the angels; on the right, Lazarus as Bishop of Marseille with his mitre and staff. There are two figures on either side: on the left, Saint Front, Bishop of Perrigueux, present at the funeral of Saint Martha, and on the right, Saint Marcelle, Martha's servant.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="St._Martha_and_Villajoyosa">St. Martha and Villajoyosa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: St. Martha and Villajoyosa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town of <a href="/wiki/Villajoyosa" title="Villajoyosa">Villajoyosa</a>, Spain, honors St. Martha as its patron saint and celebrates The Festival of <a href="/wiki/Moros_y_Cristianos" class="mw-redirect" title="Moros y Cristianos">Moors and Christians</a> annually in her honor. The 250-year-old festival commemorates the attack on Villajoyosa by Berber pirates led by Zalé-Arraez in 1538, when, according to legend, St. Martha came to the rescue of the townsfolk by causing a flash flood which wiped out the enemy fleet, thus preventing the corsairs from reaching the coast.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="St._Martha_and_Pateros">St. Martha and Pateros</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: St. Martha and Pateros"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_12.jpg/220px-3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_12.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_12.jpg/330px-3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_12.jpg/440px-3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>St. Martha, who is usually depicted taming the Tarasque, is, instead, depicted taming a giant crocodile that is believed to have plagued the duck farms of <a href="/wiki/Pateros" title="Pateros">Pateros</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Tradition recounts that in the 1800s, Saint Martha (who legendarily subdued the Tarasque), was invoked by the people of Pateros, a town in <a href="/wiki/Metro_Manila" title="Metro Manila">Metro Manila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, to vanquish a crocodile in the Pateros River that ate their ducks. These animals were the main source of the townspeople's livelihood as their eggs are the main ingredient of the delicacy, <i><a href="/wiki/Balut_(food)" title="Balut (food)">Balút</a></i> (fertilised duck egg), which is what the town is known for. </p><p>One evening, under a full moon, an unnamed female <i>bayani</i> (hero) went to the river to tame the creature. At the river banks, the crocodile saw a light surrounding the figure, who was actually Saint Martha. At the sight of the glowing figure, the creature disappeared and the local duck industry once again flourished. The people of Pateros attributed this event to Saint Martha and a grand fluvial procession in honor of her has been held yearly since, in remembrance of the event. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gnostic_tradition">Gnostic tradition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Gnostic tradition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Martha appears in the sacred <a href="/wiki/Gnostic" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnostic">gnostic</a> text <i><a href="/wiki/Pistis_Sophia" title="Pistis Sophia">Pistis Sophia</a></i>. She is instructed by the risen Christ on several of the repentances that must be made in order to have salvation. She also makes several prophetic interpretations of different <a href="/wiki/Psalms" title="Psalms">Psalms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Depictions_in_art_and_literature">Depictions in art and literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Depictions in art and literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio_-_Martha_and_Mary_Magdalene_-_WGA04101.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio_-_Martha_and_Mary_Magdalene_-_WGA04101.jpg/220px-Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio_-_Martha_and_Mary_Magdalene_-_WGA04101.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio_-_Martha_and_Mary_Magdalene_-_WGA04101.jpg/330px-Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio_-_Martha_and_Mary_Magdalene_-_WGA04101.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio_-_Martha_and_Mary_Magdalene_-_WGA04101.jpg/440px-Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio_-_Martha_and_Mary_Magdalene_-_WGA04101.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1048" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Caravaggio" title="Caravaggio">Caravaggio</a>, <i>Martha and Mary Magdalene</i>, c. 1598. Martha (left) reproaches Mary Magdalen for her lifestyle</figcaption></figure> <p>The subject of Martha is mostly found in art from the <a href="/wiki/Counter-Reformation" title="Counter-Reformation">Counter-Reformation</a> onwards, especially in the 17th century, when the domestic setting is usually given a realistic depiction. Typically, Mary, the elder sister, is preparing or serving food, while Martha is listening to Christ. However, it appears in some <a href="/wiki/Ottonian_art" title="Ottonian art">Ottonian</a> cycles of the <i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Christ_in_art" title="Life of Christ in art">Life of Christ</a></i>. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_(Vel%C3%A1zquez)" title="Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Velázquez)"><i>Christ in the House of Martha and Mary</i> (Velázquez)</a>, a 1618 oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish painter Velázquez.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_(Vermeer)" title="Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Vermeer)"><i>Christ in the House of Martha and Mary</i> (Vermeer)</a>, a 1655 painting by <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer" title="Johannes Vermeer">Johannes Vermeer</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_and_Mary_Magdalene_(Caravaggio)" title="Martha and Mary Magdalene (Caravaggio)"><i>Martha and Mary Magdalene</i> (Caravaggio)</a>, a 1598-9 painting by the Italian Baroque master <a href="/wiki/Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio" class="mw-redirect" title="Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio">Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio</a>.</li></ul> <p>Literary works about Martha include: </p> <ul><li><i>Martha and Mary</i>, a story in <a href="/wiki/Karel_%C4%8Capek" title="Karel Čapek">Karel Čapek</a>'s <i>Apocryphal Tales</i> (1932)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Saint Martha and the Dragon", a poem by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Causley" title="Charles Causley">Charles Causley</a> in his collected works.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Martha" class="mw-redirect" title="Sons of Martha">The Sons of Martha</a></i> (1907), a poem by <a href="/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling" title="Rudyard Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a>.</li> <li>In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale" title="The Handmaid's Tale">The Handmaid's Tale</a></i>, the dystopian novel of <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Atwood" title="Margaret Atwood">Margaret Atwood</a>, infertile women forced to be servants for the ruling class are called "Marthas", as their service is considered imitating Martha.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 1065px;"> <li class="gallerycaption">Attributes</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_martha.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Saint Martha from the Isabella Breviary, 1497"><img alt="Saint Martha from the Isabella Breviary, 1497" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Saint_martha.jpg/120px-Saint_martha.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Saint_martha.jpg/250px-Saint_martha.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="662" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Saint Martha from the <a href="/wiki/Isabella_Breviary" title="Isabella Breviary">Isabella Breviary</a>, 1497</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vincentius_Bellovacensis_Speculum_historiale_fol_340v_d%C3%A9tail.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Saint Martha and the Tarasque, from a 15th-century manuscript"><img alt="Saint Martha and the Tarasque, from a 15th-century manuscript" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Vincentius_Bellovacensis_Speculum_historiale_fol_340v_d%C3%A9tail.jpg/170px-Vincentius_Bellovacensis_Speculum_historiale_fol_340v_d%C3%A9tail.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Vincentius_Bellovacensis_Speculum_historiale_fol_340v_d%C3%A9tail.jpg/255px-Vincentius_Bellovacensis_Speculum_historiale_fol_340v_d%C3%A9tail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Vincentius_Bellovacensis_Speculum_historiale_fol_340v_d%C3%A9tail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="304" data-file-height="237" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Saint Martha and the <a href="/wiki/Tarasque" title="Tarasque">Tarasque</a>, from a 15th-century manuscript</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Martha_of_Hagonoy,_Bulacan,_Philippines.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue of Saint Martha used in Holy Week Processions at the National Shrine and Parish of Saint Anne in Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines. She, together with her sister, Mary of Bethany, are among the characters typically seen in Lenten Processions in the Philippines, especially on Good Friday."><img alt="Statue of Saint Martha used in Holy Week Processions at the National Shrine and Parish of Saint Anne in Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines. She, together with her sister, Mary of Bethany, are among the characters typically seen in Lenten Processions in the Philippines, especially on Good Friday." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Saint_Martha_of_Hagonoy%2C_Bulacan%2C_Philippines.jpg/250px-Saint_Martha_of_Hagonoy%2C_Bulacan%2C_Philippines.jpg" decoding="async" width="136" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Saint_Martha_of_Hagonoy%2C_Bulacan%2C_Philippines.jpg/330px-Saint_Martha_of_Hagonoy%2C_Bulacan%2C_Philippines.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Statue of Saint Martha used in <a href="/wiki/Holy_Week" title="Holy Week">Holy Week</a> Processions at the National Shrine and Parish of Saint Anne in <a href="/wiki/Hagonoy,_Bulacan" title="Hagonoy, Bulacan">Hagonoy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulacan" title="Bulacan">Bulacan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. She, together with her sister, <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany" title="Mary of Bethany">Mary of Bethany</a>, are among the characters typically seen in Lenten Processions in the Philippines, especially on <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_08.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Saint Martha in her shrine in Pateros, Metro Manila, Philippines."><img alt="Saint Martha in her shrine in Pateros, Metro Manila, Philippines." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_08.jpg/250px-3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_08.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_08.jpg/330px-3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_08.jpg/500px-3202San_Roque_Santa_Marta_de_Pateros_Church_Metro_Manila_08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Saint Martha in her shrine in <a href="/wiki/Pateros" title="Pateros">Pateros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metro_Manila" title="Metro Manila">Metro Manila</a>, Philippines.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martha&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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href="/wiki/Raising_of_Jairus%27_daughter" title="Raising of Jairus' daughter">Jairus' daughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanna,_wife_of_Chuza" title="Joanna, wife of Chuza">Joanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea" title="Joseph of Arimathea">Joseph of Arimathea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jude,_brother_of_Jesus" title="Jude, brother of Jesus">Jude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany" title="Lazarus of Bethany">Lazarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legion_(demons)" title="Legion (demons)">Legion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist" title="Luke the Evangelist">Luke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lysanias" title="Lysanias">Lysanias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malchus" title="Malchus">Malchus</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Martha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary, mother of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Mary Magdalene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_James" title="Mary, mother of James">Mary, mother of James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany" title="Mary of Bethany">Mary, sister of Martha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Clopas" title="Mary of Clopas">Mary of Clopas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naked_fugitive" title="Naked fugitive">Naked fugitive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raising_of_the_son_of_the_widow_of_Nain" title="Raising of the son of the widow of Nain">Son of Nain's widow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicodemus" title="Nicodemus">Nicodemus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nicodemus_ben_Gurion" title="Nicodemus ben Gurion">Nicodemus ben Gurion</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salome_(disciple)" title="Salome (disciple)">Salome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaritan_woman_at_the_well" title="Samaritan woman at the well">Samaritan woman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_(Gospel_of_Luke)" title="Simeon (Gospel of Luke)">Simeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon,_brother_of_Jesus" title="Simon, brother of Jesus">Simon, brother of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_of_Cyrene" title="Simon of Cyrene">Simon of Cyrene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_the_Leper" title="Simon the Leper">Simon the Leper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_the_Pharisee" title="Simon the Pharisee">Simon the Pharisee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susanna_(disciple)" title="Susanna (disciple)">Susanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exorcism_of_the_Syrophoenician_woman%27s_daughter" title="Exorcism of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter">Syrophoenician woman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophilus_(biblical)" title="Theophilus (biblical)">Theophilus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zacchaeus" title="Zacchaeus">Zacchaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebedee" title="Zebedee">Zebedee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zechariah_(New_Testament_figure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zechariah (New Testament figure)">Zechariah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:4.75em;font-weight:normal">Multiple</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_James" title="New Testament people named James">People named James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_John" title="New Testament people named John">People named John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_Joseph" title="New Testament people named Joseph">People named Joseph</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Joses" title="Joses">Joses</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_Judas_or_Jude" title="New Testament people named Judas or Jude">People named Judas or Jude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_Mary" title="New Testament people named Mary">People named Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Testament_people_named_Simon" title="New Testament people named Simon">People named Simon or Simeon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:4.75em;font-weight:normal">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angel#Christian_beliefs" title="Angel">Angels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brothers_of_Jesus" title="Brothers of Jesus">Jesus's brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_demonology" title="Christian demonology">Demons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">Disciples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Evangelists" title="Four Evangelists">Evangelists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Female_disciples_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Female disciples of Jesus">Female disciples of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God-fearer" title="God-fearer">God-fearers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herodians" title="Herodians">Herodians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_Magi" title="Biblical Magi">Magi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrrhbearers" title="Myrrhbearers">Myrrhbearers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_names_for_the_biblical_nameless#New_Testament" title="List of names for the biblical nameless">Nameless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophets_of_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophets of Christianity">Prophets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proselyte" title="Proselyte">Proselytes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadducees" title="Sadducees">Sadducees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samaritans" title="Samaritans">Samaritans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanhedrin" title="Sanhedrin">Sanhedrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sofer" title="Sofer">Scribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventy_disciples" title="Seventy disciples">Seventy disciples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds" title="Adoration of the Shepherds">Shepherds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_at_the_crucifixion" title="Women at the crucifixion">Women at the crucifixion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zealots_(Judea)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zealots (Judea)">Zealots</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Apostles_in_the_New_Testament" title="Apostles in the New Testament">Apostles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle" title="Bartholomew the Apostle">Bartholomew</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nathanael_(follower_of_Jesus)" title="Nathanael (follower of Jesus)">Nathanael</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James,_son_of_Alphaeus" title="James, son of Alphaeus">James, son of Alphaeus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_the_Less" title="James the Less">Less</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_the_Great" title="James the Great">James, son of Zebedee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Apostle" title="John the Apostle">John</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">Evangelist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_of_Patmos" title="John of Patmos">Patmos</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Disciple_whom_Jesus_loved" title="Disciple whom Jesus loved">Disciple whom Jesus loved</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judas_Iscariot" title="Judas Iscariot">Judas Iscariot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle" title="Jude the Apostle">Judas Thaddaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_the_Apostle" title="Matthew the Apostle">Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Apostle" title="Philip the Apostle">Philip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Simon Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_the_Zealot" title="Simon the Zealot">Simon the Zealot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle" title="Thomas the Apostle">Thomas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles" title="Acts of the Apostles">Acts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aeneas_(biblical_figure)" title="Aeneas (biblical figure)">Aeneas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agabus" title="Agabus">Agabus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananias_of_Damascus" title="Ananias of Damascus">Ananias <span style="font-size:85%;">(Damascus)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananias_and_Sapphira" title="Ananias and Sapphira">Ananias <span style="font-size:85%;">(Judaea)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananias_son_of_Nedebeus" title="Ananias son of Nedebeus">Ananias son of Nedebeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollos" title="Apollos">Apollos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priscilla_and_Aquila" title="Priscilla and Aquila">Aquila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristarchus_of_Thessalonica" title="Aristarchus of Thessalonica">Aristarchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnabas" title="Barnabas">Barnabas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blastus" title="Blastus">Blastus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_the_Centurion" title="Cornelius the Centurion">Cornelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damaris_(biblical_figure)" title="Damaris (biblical figure)">Damaris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demetrius_(biblical_figure)" title="Demetrius (biblical figure)">Demetrius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysius_the_Areopagite" title="Dionysius the Areopagite">Dionysius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorcas" title="Dorcas">Dorcas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elymas" title="Elymas">Elymas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_(prophet)" title="Egyptian (prophet)">Egyptian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_eunuch" title="Ethiopian eunuch">Ethiopian eunuch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutychus" title="Eutychus">Eutychus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamaliel" title="Gamaliel">Gamaliel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James,_brother_of_Jesus" title="James, brother of Jesus">James, brother of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_of_Thessalonica" title="Jason of Thessalonica">Jason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Barsabbas" title="Joseph Barsabbas">Joseph Barsabbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judas_Barsabbas" title="Judas Barsabbas">Judas Barsabbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judas_of_Galilee" title="Judas of Galilee">Judas of Galilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucius_of_Cyrene" title="Lucius of Cyrene">Lucius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist" title="Luke the Evangelist">Luke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydia_of_Thyatira" title="Lydia of Thyatira">Lydia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manahen" title="Manahen">Manaen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mark" title="John Mark">(John) Mark</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mark_the_Evangelist" title="Mark the Evangelist">Evangelist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_the_cousin_of_Barnabas" title="Mark the cousin of Barnabas">cousin of Barnabas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_John_Mark" title="Mary, mother of John Mark">Mary, mother of (John) Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthias_the_Apostle" title="Matthias the Apostle">Matthias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mnason" title="Mnason">Mnason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicanor_the_Deacon" title="Nicanor the Deacon">Nicanor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolaism#Nicolas" title="Nicolaism">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parmenas" title="Parmenas">Parmenas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Evangelist" title="Philip the Evangelist">Philip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priscilla_and_Aquila" title="Priscilla and Aquila">Priscilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prochorus_(deacon)" title="Prochorus (deacon)">Prochorus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Publius" title="Saint Publius">Publius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhoda_(biblical_figure)" title="Rhoda (biblical figure)">Rhoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananias_and_Sapphira" title="Ananias and Sapphira">Sapphira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sceva" title="Sceva">Sceva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Deacons" title="Seven Deacons">Seven Deacons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas" title="Silas">Silas</a> / <a href="/wiki/Silvanus_of_the_Seventy" title="Silvanus of the Seventy">Silvanus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Niger" title="Simeon Niger">Simeon Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Magus" title="Simon Magus">Simon Magus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopater" title="Sopater">Sopater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sosthenes" title="Sosthenes">Sosthenes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Stephen" title="Saint Stephen">Stephen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theudas" title="Theudas">Theudas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Timothy" title="Saint Timothy">Timothy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Titus" title="Saint Titus">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trophimus" title="Trophimus">Trophimus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tychicus" title="Tychicus">Tychicus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenas_the_Lawyer" title="Zenas the Lawyer">Zenas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center">Romans and<br /><a href="/wiki/Herodian_dynasty" title="Herodian dynasty">Herod's family</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:4.75em;font-weight:normal">Gospels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Herod_Antipas" title="Herod Antipas">Antipas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Herod_Archelaus" title="Herod Archelaus">Archelaus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Herod_the_Great" title="Herod the Great">Herod the Great</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Herodias" title="Herodias">Herodias</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longinus" title="Longinus">Longinus</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Tetrarch" title="Philip the Tetrarch">Philip</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate" title="Pontius Pilate">Pilate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontius_Pilate%27s_wife" title="Pontius Pilate's wife">Pilate's wife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quirinius" title="Quirinius">Quirinius</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Salome" title="Salome">Salome</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiberius" title="Tiberius">Tiberius</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:4.75em;font-weight:normal">Acts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Herod_Agrippa" title="Herod Agrippa">Agrippa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Herod_Agrippa_II" title="Herod Agrippa II">Agrippa II</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Berenice_(daughter_of_Herod_Agrippa)" title="Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa)">Berenice</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_the_Centurion" title="Cornelius the Centurion">Cornelius</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Drusilla_(daughter_of_Herod_Agrippa)" title="Drusilla (daughter of Herod Agrippa)">Drusilla</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonius_Felix" title="Antonius Felix">Felix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porcius_Festus" title="Porcius Festus">Festus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Junius_Gallio_Annaeanus" title="Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus">Gallio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudius_Lysias" title="Claudius Lysias">Lysias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergius_Paulus" title="Sergius Paulus">Paullus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Epistle" title="Epistle">Epistles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Achaicus_of_Corinth" title="Achaicus of Corinth">Achaicus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_(Ephesian)" title="Alexander (Ephesian)">Alexander of Ephesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Coppersmith" title="Alexander the Coppersmith">Alexander the Coppersmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andronicus_of_Pannonia" title="Andronicus of Pannonia">Andronicus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archippus" title="Archippus">Archippus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aretas_IV_Philopatris" title="Aretas IV Philopatris">Aretas IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artemas_(saint)" title="Artemas (saint)">Artemas</a></li> <li><a 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