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Saint
Mary Jacobe
Myrrh-bearer
One of the myrrh-bearing women; in Provençal tradition she is honored at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
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Life
Mary Jacobe is one of the Maries of the Sea, figures of a legend from Provence. According to the legend, some disciples of Christ fled from Palestine to what is now the south of France, in the year 48. The story is told by Jacobus de Voragine in the Golden Legend, where Mary Jacobe is a cousin of the Mother of God.
In popular tradition she was sometimes identified with Mary of Cleopas, one of the myrrh-bearing women. She is honored at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the Provençal tradition.