Mysterious Mary In Malta

Here’s a mystery story that could be a book or on the History Channel

Why has Malta supplanted Mary Magdalene with Jesus’ Mother Mary?   This author implies a cover up . . .

Was Mary Magdalene ever on Malta?

The French tradition of Saint Lazare of Bethany is that Mary, her brother Lazarus, and Maximinus, one of the Seventy Disciples and some companions, expelled by persecutions from the Holy Land, traversed the Mediterranean in a frail boat with neither rudder nor mast and landed at the place called Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer near Arles.

On the way however, they were shipwrecked on an island called Malta, in the middle of the Mediterranean. In fact a very strong cult exists on this island, regarding this Saint. It has gone underground now, due to the exaggeration of the Marian cult. (what?)

The Maltese towns of Dingli, Rabat, Madliena (Maltese for Magdalene), and Valletta all have Chapels, a Church, a Fortresses, and a Tower dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene.

The Ravelin dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, guarding the entrance to the Capital City: Valletta, was demolished!

The Chapel in Floriana was replaced by one dedicated to no other than the mother of Jesus.

The remaining structures do not open regularly, or are not well cared for, but they are all in the most important locations of Malta, especially strategically.

Madliena in Gozo also had a Chapel dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, but this was demolished for no reason whatsoever.

The Chapel beneath the Church of St. Paul in Rabat is never opened with the excuse of drainage seepage. All artistic works were taken out except those concerning St. Mary Magdalene, which were left to rot. Passages are sealed and nobody knows where they lead to, or what they might contain.

The Church in Valletta was up till very recently used to build carnival floats.

It is also interesting that excavation works in front of the Cathedral dedicated to St. John The Baptist, built by the Knights of St. John, who are still based on this island, and who are a branch of the Knights Templar, was suddenly stopped in about 2010.

After leaving Malta, Mary Magdalene came to Arles via Marseille and converted the whole of Provence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene