Marianne of Arbela
A widow who met Jesus of whom she had heard through Philip of Jacob. She attaches herself to the apostolic group. She keeps, like a relic, the leftover water in the jug from which Jesus drank.
"No, no. More than just lustral water, this Water is holy water from which He drank. I will keep it carefully so that I may be purified with it after my death."She lost a son named Jude and her husband Elisha.
Character and Appearance
Old wrinkled and poor woman. She knows how to command obedience.[1]
Apostolic Journey
Jesus announces that he will soon call her Home after his Passion: "I wait to Call her to Me until the Christ is about to open the gates of Heaven. She will not wait long for me, the little mother."[2]
Her Name
Origin of the first name not determined: Composition of Mary and Anne as in French? Same (unknown) origin as Mariamne, the name of wives of Herod the Great? Alteration of the name Miriam?
Where is she mentioned in the work?
EMV 295 EMV 296