St. Saome's Role In Religion

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St. Salome was one of the three Mary’s who served Christ she appears in the canonical gospels and in more writings. She apparently was born in the 1st century and her date of death is unknown. Her feast day is on 22nd of October, also she is known as Salome the Myrophore. She was the mother of St. James the Great and St. John, and was the wife of Zebedee and sometimes considered as the sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus. She was one of the witnesses to Christ’s death on the cross, when he was buried in the tomb, and his resurrection. In the book of Mark it is mentioned that Salome was one of the women who came to anoint the body of Jesus on the morning of his Resurrection. In one of the gospels story Salome was asking Jesus what places her