Both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, Mary Magdalene is described as a devoted disciple of Jesus. She is considered as a saint by the Roman Catholic, Anglican churches, and Eastern Orthodox, with a feast day of 22^nd July. On the same day, she was also commemorated by the Lutheran Church with a festival. Mary Magdalene’s name identifies her as being of Magdal, the town she came from, which is situated on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, and thus differentiate her from the other Marys referred to all through the New Testament. 

Mary Magdalene is revealed as one of the women who ministered to Jesus in the Luke 8:2-3. She is often referred to as a prostitute; however she was never ever called one in the New Testament. The historical life of Mary Magdalene is the hot subject of ongoing debate, whiles the less obscure development of the penitent Magdalene as the most beloved female saint after Virgin Mary, both as an exemplar for the theological discussion of penitence and a social parable for the position as well as the custody of women, provides interesting matter for the social historian and the history of ideas.