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On Easter Sunday Mary of Cleopas and Mary Magdalene went to the tomb to anoint Jesus' body and found it empty, being thus the first people to know of the Resurrection. Much later in AD 591 Pope Gregory called Mary Magdalen a prostitute and claimed the ointment she used to anoint Jesus’ feet had previously been used by her to perfume her body for sensual purposes. The catholic church still views Mary Magdalene as a lustful woman saved from sin by Jesus, the orthodox church have her as a saint and don't identify her with promiscuity.
Much later Dan Brown claimed that Mary Magdalen married and had a child with Jesus and their descendant was her out of Amelie.