Salome, << suh LOH mee, >> was the daughter of Herodias and the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas, governor of Galilee and Peraea. She is said to have caused the beheading of Saint John the Baptist. The story is told in Matthew 14: 6-12 and in Mark 6: 22-28. However, her name is not given in the Bible, where she is only called the daughter of Herodias. According to Matthew’s story, Salome danced at a birthday party for Herod. He was so pleased that he offered to grant Salome any wish. At her mother’s suggestion, Salome requested the head of John the Baptist. Herod ordered John beheaded and sent the head to Salome on a platter.
Another Salome appears in the Bible as one of the holy women present at the Crucifixion of Jesus and later at the empty tomb of Jesus (Mark 15:41 and 16:1). This Salome was possibly the wife of Zebede and the mother of the apostles James and John.
