Virgin Mary

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New Testament person biblical figure human religious figure saint

The Virgin Mary is revered in Christianity as the mother of Jesus Christ and a central figure of faith, purity, and devotion.

Aliases (48)

Blessed Virgin Mary ×36
Theotokos ×31
Mary, mother of Jesus ×26
Mother of God ×13
Mary, Mother of Jesus ×7
Our Lady ×4
Mary, Mother of God ×3
Mother of Jesus ×3
Theotokos (Mother of God) ×3
the Virgin Mary ×3
Mary mother of Jesus ×2
Mary the mother of Jesus ×2
the Blessed Virgin Mary ×2
Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel ×1
Christotokos ×1
Holy Righteous Ancestress of God (Orthodox title) ×1
Mary as Christotokos ×1
Mary as Mother of God ×1
Mary as Mother of Jesus Christ ×1
Mary as Theotokos ×1
Mary as Theotokos (God-bearer) ×1
Mary as Theotokos (Mother of God) ×1
Mary in Western Christianity ×1
Mary, Mother of Christians ×1
Mary, Mother of the Church ×1
Mary, the Theotokos ×1
Mary, the mother of Jesus ×1
Mother of Mercy ×1
Mother of the Church ×1
Our Lady of Fatima ×1
Our Lady of Guadalupe ×1
Our Lady of Lourdes ×1
Our Lady of Sorrows ×1
Queen of all saints ×1
Queen of apostles ×1
Queen of the most holy Rosary ×1
Saint Mary ×1
The Virgin Mary ×1
Theotokos (God-bearer) ×1
Theotokos (Mary as Mother of God) ×1
Theotokos (Virgin Mary) ×1
Titles of Mary ×1
Virgin Mary (Theotokos) ×1
Virgin Mary as Theotokos ×1
Virgin Mary figure ×1
Virgin Mary in contemplation ×1
Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus ×1
chaste and devout Mary ×1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament person → biblical figure → human → religious figure → saint →
alsoKnownAs	Blessed Virgin Mary → Madonna → Mother of God → Our Lady → Saint Mary → Theotokos →
appearsIn	Christian art → Christian liturgy → Christian music → Christian theology →
associatedWithDoctrine	Assumption of Mary → Immaculate Conception → Perpetual Virginity of Mary → virgin birth of Jesus →
centralThemeIn	Angelus prayer → Marian apparitions → Marian devotions → Rosary →
childOf	Saint Anne → Saint Joachim →
feastDay	August 15 → December 8 → January 1 → September 8 →
gender	female →
honorific	Blessed → Holy →
iconographicAttribute	blue mantle → crown of stars → halo → white veil →
languageOfName	Hebrew →
mentionedIn	Gospel of Luke → Gospel of Matthew → New Testament →
motherOf	Jesus Christ →
name	Mary →
originalFormOfName	Miryam →
patronage	many cities → many countries → various religious orders →
religion	Christianity →
roleInSalvationHistory	mother of the incarnate Word →
roleInTheology	model of faith and discipleship →
significance	central figure of Christian devotion → symbol of purity and obedience to God →
spouseOf	Saint Joseph →
title	Mother of Mercy → Mother of the Church → Our Lady of Fatima → Our Lady of Guadalupe → Our Lady of Lourdes → Our Lady of Sorrows → Queen of Heaven → Star of the Sea →
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion → Catholic Church → Eastern Orthodox Church → Islam → Lutheranism → Oriental Orthodox Churches → some other Protestant traditions →
virtueAssociated	humility → maternal love → obedience → purity →

Referenced by (301)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ateni Sioni Church ("Theotokos") → Ateni Sioni Church → Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière → Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Basilica of Saint Mary Major → Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri → Basilica of Santa Maria in Via Lata → Basilica of Superga ("Mary, Mother of Jesus") → Basilica of the Annunciation → Basilica-Cathedral Notre-Dame de Québec ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde → Batalha Monastery → Cambuskenneth Abbey ("the Virgin Mary") → Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Tulle → Cathédrale de la Major ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Chester Cathedral ("the Blessed Virgin Mary") → Church of Our Lady of Laeken ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Church of Saint Anne in Jerusalem → Durham Cathedral ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Esphigmenou Monastery ("Theotokos") → Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation → Henry VII Lady Chapel → Henry VII Lady Chapel ("Our Lady") → Igreja de Santa Maria do Castelo → Jedburgh Abbey ("the Virgin Mary") → Kalwaria Zebrzydowska → Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park → Kelso Abbey ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → King's College Chapel ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Lincoln Cathedral ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Monterrey → Milk Grotto → Mogadishu Cathedral (ruins) → Nea Moni of Chios ("Theotokos") → Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp → Notre-Dame Basilica ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Notre-Dame Cathedral → Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg City ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Pietà Chapel → Plaza Church → Reims Cathedral → Riddarholmen Church ("Our Lady") → Rouen Cathedral → Ruins of the medieval coronation basilica → Salisbury Cathedral ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes → Santa Maria presso San Satiro → Sistine Chapel ("Mary, Mother of Jesus") → St Mary the Virgin, Hayes ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Strasbourg Cathedral → Studenica Monastery ("The Virgin Mary") → Toledo Cathedral → Valère Basilica → Virgin of El Panecillo monument → Worcester Cathedral ("the Blessed Virgin Mary") →	dedicatedTo
Mary → Mary ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Mary ("Mother of Jesus") → Mary ("Theotokos") → Mary ("Mother of God") → Saint Mary ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Saint Mary ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Saint Mary ("Theotokos") → Saint Mary ("Mother of God") → St Mary → St Mary ("Mary, Mother of Jesus") → St Mary ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → St Mary ("Theotokos") → St Mary ("Mother of God") → Virgin Mary ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Virgin Mary ("Saint Mary") → Virgin Mary ("Mother of God") → Virgin Mary ("Theotokos") → Virgin Mary ("Our Lady") →	alsoKnownAs
Alba Madonna → Benois Madonna → Death of the Virgin → Litta Madonna → Madonna Conestabile → Madonna and Child → Madonna of the Goldfinch → Madonna of the Meadow → Michelangelo's Pietà → Our Lady of Kazan → The Alba Madonna → The Marriage of the Virgin → The Seven Works of Mercy → The Sistine Madonna → Virgin of El Panecillo monument → icon of Our Lady of Kazan (copy) →	depicts
Catholic parish church of the Assumption of Mary → Marienplatz (Munich) → Mater Ecclesiae Monastery ("Mary, Mother of the Church") → Miriam College ("Mary, Mother of Jesus") → New College, Oxford ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Old St. Mary’s Cathedral ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Old St. Mary’s Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Sainte-Mère-Église ("the Virgin Mary") → St Mary’s Church, Barnwell, Cambridgeshire ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → St Mary’s Church, Rawtenstall ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → St. Mary’s Basilica → Surah Maryam ("Mary mother of Jesus") → Église Notre-Dame et Saint-André de Ferney-Voltaire →	namedAfter
Basilica of the Annunciation → Cana ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Gospel infancy narratives ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Guardian of the Redeemer → Joyful Mysteries → Marian apparitions → Nazareth → South Rose Window of Notre-Dame de Paris → Tepeyac Hill → Totus Tuus → Vita, Dulcedo, Spes ("Blessed Virgin Mary") →	associatedWith
Angelus prayer → Dormition of the Theotokos ("Mary, the Theotokos") → Dormition of the Theotokos ("Mother of God") → Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe → Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos ("Theotokos") → Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos ("Mother of God") → Feast of the Queenship of Mary → Marian antiphons → Marian antiphons ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God ("Mary, Mother of God") → Vita, Dulcedo, Spes ("Mary, Mother of God") → icon of Our Lady of Kazan (copy) ("Theotokos") →	honors
Saint Anne ("Holy Righteous Ancestress of God (Orthodox title)") → Saint Mary ("Theotokos (God-bearer)") → St Mary ("Mother of Jesus") → St Mary ("Mother of God") → St Mary ("Theotokos") → Virgin Mary ("Mother of the Church") → Virgin Mary ("Mother of Mercy") → Virgin Mary ("Our Lady of Sorrows") → Virgin Mary ("Our Lady of Guadalupe") → Virgin Mary ("Our Lady of Lourdes") → Virgin Mary ("Our Lady of Fatima") →	title
Antiochian Orthodox Church ("Theotokos (Virgin Mary)") → Eastern Christianity ("Theotokos") → Georgian Orthodox Church ("Theotokos") → Greek Orthodox Church ("Theotokos") → Hungarian Greek Catholic Church ("Theotokos") → Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church → Roman Catholicism → Russian Greek Catholic Church ("Theotokos (Mother of God)") → Russian Orthodox Church ("Theotokos (Mother of God)") →	venerates
Aeiparthenos ("Mother of God") → Madonna → Mother of the Church ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Queen of Heaven → Queen of Heaven ("Mother of God") → Queen of Heaven ("Theotokos") → Stella Maris ("Mary, mother of Jesus") →	honorificFor
Madonna ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Mother of the Church → Our Lady Queen of the Angels → Queen of Heaven ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Star of the Sea → Stella Maris →	refersTo
Hilandar Monastery ("Theotokos") → Mount Athos ("Virgin Mary (Theotokos)") → Salisbury Cathedral → Teutonic Order →	patronSaint
Joseph ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Joseph the Betrothed ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Saint Joseph → Saint Joseph ("Mary, mother of Jesus") →	spouse
Lateran Council of 649 ("Theotokos") → Third Ecumenical Council ("Theotokos") → Third Ecumenical Council ("Mother of God") →	affirmedTitleOfMary
Assumption of Mary → Immaculate Conception → Ineffabilis Deus →	concerns
Litany of Loreto ("Queen of apostles") → Litany of Loreto ("Queen of all saints") → Litany of Loreto ("Queen of the most holy Rosary") →	includesTitle
Redemptoris Custos ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Roman Canon ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Surah At-Tahrim ("Mary the mother of Jesus") →	mentions
Litany of Loreto → Litany of Loreto ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Litany of Loreto ("Mother of God") →	primaryFigureInvoked
Aeiparthenos ("Theotokos") → Mother of the Church ("Mary, Mother of God") → Mother of the Church ("Mary, Mother of Christians") →	relatedConcept
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church → Jordanian Arab Orthodox → Oriental Orthodoxy →	veneration
Marian antiphons ("Mary as Mother of God") → Regina Caeli ("Mary, Mother of Jesus") →	addressedTo
Council of Ephesus ("Mary as Theotokos (God-bearer)") → Third Ecumenical Council ("Theotokos") →	affirmedDoctrine
Aeiparthenos → Star of the Sea ("Mary, Mother of Jesus") →	appliedTo
Golgotha ("Mary, mother of Jesus") → Miryam →	associatedWithFigure
Durham, England ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Rouen →	cathedralDedicatedTo
Hildesheim ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ("Blessed Virgin Mary") →	cathedralDedication
Annunciation → Marian apparitions →	centralFigure
Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple → Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple →	commemoratesPerson
Cathedral of Notre-Dame du Glarier ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → St Mary Woolnoth →	dedication
Diocese of Truro ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Truro, Cornwall ("Blessed Virgin Mary") →	hasCathedralDedication
Capilla del Rosario → Catholic Church in Haiti →	hasDevotion
Nativity of Christ → Virgin Birth of Jesus ("Mary, mother of Jesus") →	hasMainFigure
Ethiopian Catholic Church ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim →	hasPatronSaint
Madonna of the Meadow ("Virgin Mary in contemplation") → Perpetual Virginity of Mary ("Mary, the mother of Jesus") →	hasSubject
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God ("Theotokos") → Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God ("Mother of God") →	honorsTitleOfMary
Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple ("Theotokos") → Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple ("Blessed Virgin Mary") →	isMarianFeastOf
Marist Brothers ("Blessed Virgin Mary") → Sisters of Loreto ("Blessed Virgin Mary") →	patron
Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ → Rosarium Virginis Mariae ("Blessed Virgin Mary") →	subject
Aeiparthenos ("Theotokos") → Our Lady Queen of the Angels ("Mother of Jesus") →	titleOf
Old Hungarian Lamentations of Mary →	about
Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ ("Mary as Theotokos (Mother of God)") →	addressesDoctrine
Council of Ephesus ("Virgin Mary as Theotokos") →	affirmedTitleOf
Annunciation →	announcedTo
Lourdes apparitions of 1858 →	apparitionIdentifiedAs
Mary →	associatedConcept
Dormition of the Theotokos ("Theotokos") →	associatedDoctrine
Christmas →	associatedFigure
Carmelite Rite ("Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel") →	associatedWithDevotion
Milk Grotto ("Mary, mother of Jesus") →	associatedWithPerson
Joseph the Betrothed ("Mary, mother of Jesus") →	betrothedTo
Star of the Sea ("Titles of Mary") →	category
Christian iconography →	centralTheme
Sant’Anna →	child
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God ("Mary as Mother of Jesus Christ") →	commemoratesDoctrine
Surah At-Tahrim ("chaste and devout Mary") →	containsExampleOf
Nestorianism ("Theotokos") →	contradictsDoctrine
The Marriage of the Virgin →	depictsSaint
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest ("Blessed Virgin Mary") →	devotionalFocus
Mary Magdalene ("Mary the mother of Jesus") →	distinguishedFrom
Saint Joachim →	fatherOf
Mariology →	fieldOfStudy
Protoevangelium of James →	focusesOn
Mariology →	hasCentralFigure
Annunciation →	hasMainParticipants
Coronation of the Virgin →	hasMainSubject
Holy Family →	hasMember
The Last Judgment ("Virgin Mary figure") →	hasPart
Ilia II ("Theotokos") →	hasParticularDevotionTo
Diocese of Hereford ("Blessed Virgin Mary") →	hasPrimaryCathedralDedication
Golden Dome ("Mary, Mother of Jesus") →	hasStatue
North Rose Window of Notre-Dame de Paris →	hasTheme
Holy Family ("Mother of God") →	hasTitleForMary
St. Panteleimon Monastery ("Theotokos") →	hasVenerationFor
Crucifixion of Jesus ("Mary, mother of Jesus") →	hasWitness
Mary ("Our Lady") →	honorificTitle
Akathist ("Theotokos") →	honorificTitleUsed
Christian saints ("Mary, mother of Jesus") →	includes
Great Litany ("Theotokos") →	includesInvocationOf
Holy Family →	includesMother
Life, Sweetness, Hope →	invokes
Marie →	isAssociatedWithFigure
Perpetual Virginity of Mary ("Theotokos") →	isConnectedToTitle
Miryam →	isHebrewFormOf
Miryam →	isNameOf
Passion narrative ("Mary mother of Jesus") →	keyPerson
Miryam ("Mary, mother of Jesus") →	linkedToBiblicalFigure
Old Hungarian Lamentations of Mary →	mainCharacter
Madonna of the Goldfinch →	mainFigure
Isa ("Mary, mother of Jesus") →	motherEquivalent
Saint Anne →	motherOf
Mary ("Mary, mother of Jesus") →	notableBearer
Saint Joachim →	notableRelative
Infant John the Baptist →	oftenDepictedWith
Nestorius ("Theotokos") →	opposedTitle
Michelangelo's Pietà ("Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus") →	portrays
Nestorius ("Christotokos") →	preferredTitleForMary
Nestorianism ("Mary as Christotokos") →	prefersTitle
Akathist →	primaryDedication
Dormition of the Theotokos →	principalFigure
Pope Leo XIII ("Blessed Virgin Mary") →	promotedDevotionTo
Nestorianism ("Mary as Theotokos") →	rejectsTitle
Rosary →	secondaryFocus
Mariology ("Mary in Western Christianity") →	studies
Cyril of Alexandria ("Theotokos (Mary as Mother of God)") →	supportedDoctrine
Christianity →	teachesAboutFigure
Sagrada Família →	towersSymbolize
Mary’s Well →	traditionallyAssociatedWith
Lamentation of Christ →	typicalFigure
Byzantine art →	typicalSubject
Belarusian Orthodox communities ("Theotokos (Mother of God)") →	venerate
St. Anne Skete →	veneratedSaint