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, and been replaced with
emphasis on the Blessed Virgin Mary (Marian cult).
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.
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