Erroneously believed to have been a former prostitute, many paintings or prints depicting Mary Magdalene are affected by this identification, often lingering in the carnality of the figures which, compared to those more suited to the true "story" of the character (the latter present instead in significantly in the exhibition held in La Maddalena) were and are certainly more intriguing.
The misunderstanding arose from a misinterpretation of a page of the Gospels which tells of the conversion "of an anonymous sinner known in that city", namely Magdala, identifying her, precisely, in what we know as Saint Mary Magdalene, who was instead the demoniac miraculous by Jesus.
An exhibition of ancient prints by various authors on Mary Magdalene, the Saint Mary Magdalene who the Gospels say was the first witness to the resurrection of Christ after having witnessed both his passion and death, is underway in the island's parish church.
«The theme of the exhibition is that of a disciple, a penitent, a witness to the Gospel», says Don Francesco Tamponi, head of Cultural Heritage of the Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias; «The images on display, from different eras, important for their aesthetic value, describe these three levels, precisely, the sinner, the penitent, disciple of the Lord». The exhibition, which will close on August 16, is part of the 2002 donation by the engineer Giusto Davoli, a man and scholar strongly linked to the events of the Archipelago and its history. «Exhibition that also tells the story of the wealth of cultural assets found in La Maddalena, preserved above all in the small but important Diocesan Museum», says Don Tamponi finally.
