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Karen Rae Keck (cf. [[#External links|External links]]) writes: "St. [[Gregory the Dialogist]] (Pope Gregory the Great) is believed to have begun the tradition in the Western Church, not accepted in the Eastern Church, which identified St. Mary with the 'sinful woman' in the seventh chapter of Luke."
== Scriptural appearances == <sup>[[#Notes|3]]</sup>==
* Delivered from seven [[demon]]s; supports Christ's ministry
** [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 8:2, 3: "<sup>2</sup> and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, <sup>3</sup> and [[Joanna]] the wife of Chuza, [[Herod]]'s steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him from their substance."