Holy virgin

Holy Virgin denotes:

• the St. Virgin Mary , venerated as an everlasting virgin in the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches
• (antiquated) generally a virgin saint

Holy virgins are named:

• in early Christianity female parishioners who had vowed a virgin life for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, see consecrated virgin
• Groups of (usually three or four) holy virgins, see Three holy women , including in particular:
  • the three holy virgins or “holy girls” in the group of 14 helpers in need: Barbara , Margareta and Katharina
  • the group of the four virgines capitales

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.