Lazarus

According to the Gospels, Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead in Bethany near Jerusalem where he had been dead for four days. He is the brother of Mary Magdalene (or Mary of Bethany) and Martha.

Lazarus is said to have later become the bishop of Kition in Cyprus and/or the bishop of Marseille in the South of France after he was forced to flee Judea. His body might have been transferred to Autun, France after his death.

The Raising of Lazarus / Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630–1631.


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