Virgin (church title)

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Virgo inter virgines, unknown artist, late 15th century. The Virgin Mary surrounded by holy virgins (recognizable by their saints attributes ).

Virgin is an honorable term used by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches for female saints and blessed women who were consecrated virgins , nuns or nuns, or women who lived a life of perfect chastity . The term virgin is also used in particular on the members of the Ordo Virginum , the consecrated virgins in the world or in monastic orders.

The most famous holy virgins include Agatha of Catania , Agnes of Rome , Cecilia of Rome , Scholastica of Nursia , Lucia of Syracuse , Catherine of Alexandria and Catherine of Siena .

The holy virgins have their own texts and measurement forms in the Commune texts of the Roman missal and the book of hours . In the liturgy , the Virgin Mary is invoked in the All Saints Litany and in the Lauretan Litany as “Holy Virgin above all virgins” or “Queen of the virgins”. A song by Maria Luise Thurmair about the virgins can be found in Gotteslob, edition 1975 (No. 613).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schott missal, alphabetical index of feasts and days of remembrance of saints in the liturgical calendar archive link ( Memento of May 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 9, 923.
  3. ^ Pontificals for the Catholic dioceses of the German-speaking region II. The consecration of the virgins. Ordo consecrationis virginum - The consecration of a virgin . Pontificale II, first printed in 1970, current status 1994. p. 97.