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A different, but not necessarily conflicting legend concerns Mary Magdalene's efforts to spread the Gospel.

According to this tradition, after the Ascension of Jesus, Mary went to the Emperor of Rome and greeted him with " Christ has risen ," whereupon he pointed to an egg on his table and stated, " Christ has no more risen than that egg is red.

" After making this statement it is said the egg immediately turned blood red.