Happy Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene!

Allegorical hermeneutics offer an intriguing glimpse into who - or what - the famous female saint really was

Who was Mary Magdalene?

Thanks to a catechismal upgrade in 2016, she is now a Catholic saint, and today is her feast day — and that’s a happy sign of her return to be sure. But such designations, alas, do not bring us any closer to an understanding of who, or what, she really was.

Did she stay in Judea after the resurrection, or did she skip town? Is her …