Madeleine or La Madeleine may refer to:

Common meanings

Madeleine (given name) Madeleine or Madeline has biblical origins. The name Magdalena is derived from the Aramaic term "Magdala" (מגדלא), meaning "tower" or "elevated, great." It refers to the town of Magdala on the Sea of Galilee, traditionally identified as the ...

, also Madeline, a feminine given name, includes a list of people and fictional characters * Madeleine (cake), a traditional sweet cake from France

Christianity

Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to crucifixion of Jesus, his cr ...

, also called the Madeleine, a follower of Jesus *

La Madeleine, Paris The Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (, ), or less formally, La Madeleine (), is a Catholic parish church on Place de la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was planned by Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royal, leading t ...

(Église de la Madeleine), a church in Paris * Église de la Madeleine (Besançon), Doube ''département'', France, a church * Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, a Roman Catholic cathedral

Arts and entertainment

* ''Madelein'' (1919 film), a German silent film * ''Madeleine'' (1950 film), directed by David Lean * ''Madeleine'' (2003 film), a South Korean romance * ''Madeleine'' (2023 film), a Canadian animated short film * ''Madeleine'' (opera), a 1914 one-act opera by Victor Herbert * "Madeleine" (Backstreet Boys song), a track of ''In a World Like This'' * "Madeleine", a song by

Jonathan Kelly Jonathan Kelly (born Jonathan Ledingham, 8 July 1947 – 2 May 2020) was an Irish folk rock singer-songwriter, who enjoyed a varied career in music, playing with many musicians and groups, including Eric Clapton and Tim Staffell. He formed Jon ...

, released in 1972 * "Madeleine", a song by

Jacques Brel Jacques Romain Georges Brel (; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed theatrical songs. He generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, but later throughout the world ...

* ''Madeleine: One of Love's Jansenists,'' a 1919 novel by Hope Mirrlees * "Poisoned Madeleines", the title of the prologue to "Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking; A Memoir of Food and Longing", by Anya von Bremen, Random House Audio (2012).

Places

France

* La Madeleine (Laneuville-devant-Nancy), a former commune * La Madeleine, Manche, a village in Normandy * La Madeleine, Nord, a town in the Nord ''département'' * La Madeleine, a parish in Faycelles in the Lot ''département''; see

Liberty Tree The Liberty Tree (1646–1775) was a famous Elm, elm tree that stood in Boston, Massachusetts near Boston Common in the years before the American Revolution. In 1765, Patriot (American Revolution), Patriots in Boston staged the first act of def ...

* La Madeleine, a village in Guérande in the Loire-Atlantique ''département'' * Madeleine (river), in eastern France * Col de la Madeleine, a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France * Madeleine cemetery (''Cimetière de la Madeleine''), Paris, a former cemetery * ''Cimetière de la Madeleine'', a cemetery in the Saint-Maurice quarter of Amiens, France * Abri de la Madeleine, cave in Tursac,

Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; ) is a large rural departments of France, department in south west France, with its Prefectures in France, prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and ...

Magdalenian Magdalenian cultures (also Madelenian; ) are later cultures of the Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic in western Europe. They date from around 17,000 to 12,000 years before present. It is named after the type site of Abri de la Madeleine, a ro ...

, anthropological and culture period named after this cave

Elsewhere

Magdalen Islands The Magdalen Islands (, ) are a Canadian archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Since 2005, the 12-island archipelago is divided into two municipalities: the majority-francophone Municipality of Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the majority-angloph ...

(French: ''Îles de la Madeleine''), a group of islands in the Gulf of St. Laurence, Quebec, Canada * Îles de la Madeleine (Senegal), uninhabited islands and a national park off the shore of Dakar

Transportation

Boulevard de la Madeleine The Boulevard de la Madeleine () is one of the 11 original '' grands boulevards'' of Paris, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territorie ...

, one of the four 'grands boulevards' in Paris * Madeleine (Paris Métro), a rapid transit station * MS ''Madeleine'', a 1981 car ferry operating in Canada

Other uses

* Château de la Madeleine, a castle in the town of Chevreuse, in the département of Yvelines, France * La Madeleine (restaurant chain), a U.S.-based restaurant chain * ''Madeleine'', a book by Jean Overton Fuller, the codename of Noor Inayat Khan (1914–1944), World War II Allied agent in Nazi-occupied France. * Madeleine, pen name of

Anne-Marie Huguenin Anne-Marie Huguenin (5 October 1875 – 21 October 1943), also known by her pen name Madeleine, was a Canadian writer, journalist and editor. She is considered one of the first women journalists in Canada.' She edited ''La Patrie (Canadian ne ...

(1875–1943), Canadian journalist * Madeleine, an object persistence layer written in the Ruby programming language—see System prevalence