Saint Mary Salome, Zebedee with their sons Saint James the Greater and Saint John the Apostle Image/Artwork:–Mutual Art.com
(EWTN) One of the Holy Women present at the Crucifixion of Christ and who visited His tomb on the morning of the Resurrection.
See: Mark 15:40 and Mark 16:1
In Mark 15:40 we read: “There were also Women looking on from a distance, among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the Mother of James the Younger (also referred as James the Less) and of Joses (also referred to as Joseph) and Salome.”
The parallel passage of Matthew 27:56 reads: “Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.”
Comparison of the two gives a well grounded probability that the Salome of the former is identical with the mother of the sons of Zebedee, in the latter, who is mentioned also in Matthew 20:20 in connection with the petition (favor) of her sons.
Beyond these references in the Gospel narrative and what may be inferred from them nothing is known of Salome, though some scholars conjecture more or less plausibly that she is the sister of the Blessed Virgin Mary mentioned in John 19:25
Related: Feast of St. Mary Salome –Catholic News Agency
Alternative Feast Day: Pope Saint John Paul II –Franciscan Media
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