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Mary of Clopas - Sant'Andrea della Zirada Venice. Myrrhbearer. Venerated in. Eastern Orthodox Church. Roman Catholic Church. Feast. May 23 (Orthodoxy) April 24 (Catholicism) The hysteria of Mary of Clopas in Caravaggio 's The Entombment of Christ (1602).
At the death of Jesus, we are told that Mary wife of Cleophas/Clopas (Jn 19:25) was present. She was described as the mother of James and Joseph (Mt 27:56) in one account, and mother of James the Less and Joses in another (Mk 15:40). On the other hand, James is described as the son of Alphaeus in the synoptic Gospels' listing of the Apostles ...
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Clopas ( Ancient Greek: Κλωπᾶς, Klōpas; Hebrew: possibly חלפי , Ḥalfi; Aramaic: חילפאי, Ḥilfài) is a figure of early Christianity. The name appears in the New Testament, specifically in John 19:25 : Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
Mother of St. James the Less and Joseph, wife of Cleophas. She was one of the "Three Marys" who served Jesus and was present at the Crucifixion , and accompanied Mary Magdalen to the tomb of Christ. Tradition reports that she went to Spain as a missionary. Mary reportedly died at Ciudad Rodrigo.
Clopas was the husband, or possibly the son or father, of one of the women who stood at the foot of the cross when Jesus was crucified ( John 19:25 ). His wife’s name was Mary, and she was distinguished from Mary Magdalene and from Jesus’ mother.
Mary of Clopas (or of Cleopas) ( Ancient Greek: Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ, María hē tou Clōpá ), the wife of Clopas, was one of various Marys named in the New Testament.
Jerome identifies Mary of Clopas as the sister of Mary, mother of Jesus. [59] According to the early 2nd century historian Hegesippus, Mary of Clopas was likely Mary's sister-in-law, understanding Clopas (Cleophas) to have been Joseph's brother.
