Burgundy

In late April I completed my Mary Magdalene tour of Europe, this time heading to Burgundy to visit Vezlay where her remains were said to have been taken in 1050. Most people don’t know Mary Magdalene ended up in France and stayed until her death. History tells us that after the death of Jesus, Mary M. was exiled from Jerusalem and sent adrift on a boat with a few others and by fate landed in Marseilles. Today a complicated debate remains over exactly where Mary Magdalene’s relics really are (Saint Maximin or Vezlay) but my friend Laura and I, being the thorough pilgrims that we are, decided to cover our bases.



And while we did, we were sure to stay in some lovely chauteas (Demessey and Petit Manoir Bruyeres), visit some other medieval abbeys (Cluny, Fontenay, and Pontigny) and finally ended the trip with a night in Paris.

This trip was particularly significant, as it would be my last with my friend Laura in Europe before she enters an Abbey in Connecticut as a postulant (on her road to taking full vows).