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href="/wiki/File:Meister_von_San_Apollinare_Nuovo_in_Ravenna_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Meister_von_San_Apollinare_Nuovo_in_Ravenna_002.jpg/290px-Meister_von_San_Apollinare_Nuovo_in_Ravenna_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Meister_von_San_Apollinare_Nuovo_in_Ravenna_002.jpg/435px-Meister_von_San_Apollinare_Nuovo_in_Ravenna_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Meister_von_San_Apollinare_Nuovo_in_Ravenna_002.jpg/580px-Meister_von_San_Apollinare_Nuovo_in_Ravenna_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1328" /></a><figcaption>Procession of virgin martyrs bearing both martyr's palms and wreaths as the crown of a virgin (master of <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_Sant%27Apollinare_Nuovo" title="Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo">Sant'Apollinare Nuovo</a>, 6th century)</figcaption></figure> <p>The title <b>Virgin</b> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Virgo</i>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Παρθένος</span>) is an <a href="/wiki/Honorific" title="Honorific">honorific</a> bestowed on female <a href="/wiki/Saint" title="Saint">saints</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beatification" title="Beatification">blesseds</a>, primarily used in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chastity" title="Chastity">Chastity</a> is one of the <a href="/wiki/Seven_virtues" title="Seven virtues">seven virtues</a> in Christian tradition, listed by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I" title="Pope Gregory I">Pope Gregory I</a> at the end of the 6th century. In <a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">Paul the Apostle</a> states that the virgins and the unmarried women are "concerned about the Lord's affairs", and that their "aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit". In <a href="/wiki/2_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="2 Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 11:2, Paul alludes to the metaphor of the Church as <a href="/wiki/Bride_of_Christ" title="Bride of Christ">Bride of Christ</a> by addressing the congregation: "I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ". </p><p>In the theology of the <a href="/wiki/Church_Fathers" title="Church Fathers">Church Fathers</a>, the prototype of the sacred virgin is <a href="/wiki/Mary,_the_mother_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary, the mother of Jesus">Mary, the mother of Jesus</a>, consecrated by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">Holy Spirit</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Annunciation" title="Annunciation">Annunciation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although not directly stated in the gospels, the <a href="/wiki/Perpetual_virginity_of_Mary" title="Perpetual virginity of Mary">perpetual virginity of Mary</a> was widely upheld as a dogma by the <a href="/wiki/Church_Fathers" title="Church Fathers">Church Fathers</a> from the 4th century. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Virgin_martyrs">Virgin martyrs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_(title)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Virgin martyrs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrea_Mantegna_-_St._Euphemia_-_1454.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Andrea_Mantegna_-_St._Euphemia_-_1454.jpg/170px-Andrea_Mantegna_-_St._Euphemia_-_1454.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="385" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Andrea_Mantegna_-_St._Euphemia_-_1454.jpg/255px-Andrea_Mantegna_-_St._Euphemia_-_1454.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Andrea_Mantegna_-_St._Euphemia_-_1454.jpg/340px-Andrea_Mantegna_-_St._Euphemia_-_1454.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6019" data-file-height="13624" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Saint_Euphemia" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Euphemia">Saint Euphemia</a> with the crown of a virgin, a <a href="/wiki/Lilium_candidum" title="Lilium candidum">white lily</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Martyr%27s_palm" class="mw-redirect" title="Martyr's palm">martyr's palm</a> (<a href="/wiki/Andrea_Mantegna" title="Andrea Mantegna">Andrea Mantegna</a>, 1454)</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Hagiography" title="Hagiography">hagiography</a> of <a href="/wiki/Christian_martyrs" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian martyrs">Christian martyrs</a> of the late 1st to early 4th centuries, <b>virgin martyrs</b> (Latin <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">virgo et martyr</i></span>, Greek <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">παρθένος-μάρτυρας</span></span>, Russian <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">дева-мученица</span></span>) were often persecuted for their refusal to enter a worldly marriage after having vowed to keep their virginity for the sake of heaven. Other virgin martyrs lost their lives <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">in defensum castitatis</i></span> ('in defense of <a href="/wiki/Chastity" title="Chastity">chastity</a>').<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A group of virgin martyrs of the early church, namely Saints <a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Alexandria" title="Catherine of Alexandria">Catherine of Alexandria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Margaret_the_Virgin" title="Margaret the Virgin">Margaret of Antioch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Barbara" title="Saint Barbara">Barbara of Nicomedia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dorothea_of_Caesarea" title="Dorothea of Caesarea">Dorothea of Caesarea</a>, is called "the four <a href="/wiki/Capital_Virgins" title="Capital Virgins">capital virgins</a>", three of them belong to the <a href="/wiki/Fourteen_Holy_Helpers" title="Fourteen Holy Helpers">Fourteen Holy Helpers</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Missal" title="Roman Missal">Roman Missal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Hours" class="mw-redirect" title="Book of Hours">Book of Hours</a>, virgins and virgin martyrs have their own <a href="/wiki/Common_(liturgy)" title="Common (liturgy)">common</a>. Different <a href="/wiki/Martyrologium" class="mw-redirect" title="Martyrologium">martyrologies</a> (for example the <a href="/wiki/Martyrologium_Romanum" class="mw-redirect" title="Martyrologium Romanum">Martyrologium Romanum</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Martyrologium_Hieronymianum" title="Martyrologium Hieronymianum">Martyrologium Hieronymianum</a>) list early virgin martyrs, some of which are also named in the <a href="/wiki/Canon_of_the_Mass" title="Canon of the Mass">Canon of the Mass</a>. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thecla" title="Thecla">Thecla of Iconium</a> (1st century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Sandukht" title="Princess Sandukht">Sandukht of Armenia</a> (1st century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felicula" title="Felicula">Felicula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petronilla" title="Saint Petronilla">Petronilla of Rome</a> (died <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 90</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Serapia" title="Saint Serapia">Serapia of Antioch</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 119</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balbina_of_Rome" title="Balbina of Rome">Balbina of Rome</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 130</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quiteria" title="Quiteria">Quiteria of Aquitaine</a> (died 135)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilgefortis" title="Wilgefortis">Wilgefortis of Lusitany</a> (died 139)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marina_of_Aguas_Santas" title="Marina of Aguas Santas">Marina of Aguas Santas</a> (died 139)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Cecilia" title="Saint Cecilia">Cecilia of Rome</a> (2nd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pudentiana" title="Pudentiana">Pudentiana of Rome</a> (2nd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saints_Faith,_Hope_and_Charity" title="Saints Faith, Hope and Charity">Faith, Hope and Charity of Rome</a> (2nd century)</li> <li>Melitina of Marcianopolis<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2nd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Venera" title="Saint Venera">Venera of Rome</a> (died 143)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praxedes" title="Praxedes">Praxedes of Rome</a> (died 165)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Glyceria" title="Saint Glyceria">Glyceria of Heraclea</a> (died 177)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blandina" title="Blandina">Blandina of Lugdunum</a> (died 177)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agatha_of_Sicily" title="Agatha of Sicily">Agatha of Sicily</a> (early 3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gundenis" title="Gundenis">Gundenis of Carthage</a> (early 3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraskevi_of_Iconium" title="Paraskevi of Iconium">Paraskevi of Iconium</a> (3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Estelle" title="Saint Estelle">Estelle of Gaul</a> (3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Reparata" title="Saint Reparata">Reparata of Caesarea</a> (3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firmina" title="Firmina">Firmina of Rome</a> (3rd century)</li> <li>Amonaria of Alexandria (3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martina_of_Rome" title="Martina of Rome">Martina of Rome</a> (died 228)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatiana_of_Rome" title="Tatiana of Rome">Tatiana of Rome</a> (died 226 or 235)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euthalia,_Virgin_Martyr" title="Euthalia, Virgin Martyr">Euthalia of Sicily</a> (3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Albina#3rd_century" title="Saint Albina">Albina of Caesarea</a> (250 AD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fusca_of_Ravenna" title="Fusca of Ravenna">Fusca of Ravenna</a> (250 AD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalliopi_(martyr)" title="Kalliopi (martyr)">Kalliopi of Rome</a> (died 250)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anastasia_the_Roman" title="Anastasia the Roman">Anastasia of Rome</a> (250 AD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regina_(martyr)" title="Regina (martyr)">Regina of Autun</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 231–251 AD</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufina_and_Secunda" title="Rufina and Secunda">Rufina and Secunda of Rome</a> (257 AD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_virgins_of_Tuburga" title="Three virgins of Tuburga">Maxima, Donatilla and Secunda of Tuburga</a> (257 AD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugenia_of_Rome" title="Eugenia of Rome">Eugenia of Rome</a> (258 AD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Barbara" title="Saint Barbara">Barbara of Nicomedia</a> (3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter,_Andrew,_Paul,_and_Denise" title="Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Denise">Denise of Lampsacus</a> (3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christina_of_Bolsena" title="Christina of Bolsena">Christina of Bolsena</a> (3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vibiana" title="Vibiana">Vibiana</a> (3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Apollonia" title="Saint Apollonia">Apollonia of Alexandria</a> (died 249)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felician_of_Foligno#Saint_Messalina" title="Felician of Foligno">Messalina of Foligno</a> (died 251)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digna_and_Emerita" title="Digna and Emerita">Digna and Emerita of Rome</a> (died 259)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agrippina_of_Mineo" title="Agrippina of Mineo">Agrippina of Mineo</a> (died 262)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columba_of_Sens" title="Columba of Sens">Columba of Sens</a> (died 273)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelagia_the_Virgin" title="Pelagia the Virgin">Pelagia of Antioch</a> (late 3rd century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrysanthus_and_Daria" title="Chrysanthus and Daria">Daria of Rome</a> (283 AD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justa_and_Rufina" title="Justa and Rufina">Justa and Rufina of Seville</a> (died 287)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_the_Virgin" title="Margaret the Virgin">Margaret of Antioch</a> (died 289)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodosia_of_Tyre" title="Theodosia of Tyre">Theodosia of Tyre</a> (died 290)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hripsime" title="Hripsime">Hripsime of Armenia</a> (died 290)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demiana" title="Demiana">Demiana and 40 virgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menodora,_Metrodora,_and_Nymphodora" title="Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora">Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelagia_of_Tarsus" title="Pelagia of Tarsus">Pelagia of Tarsus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Faith" title="Saint Faith">Faith of Conques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kyriaki" title="Saint Kyriaki">Kyriaki of Nicomedia</a> (died 289)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquilina" title="Aquilina">Aquilina of Byblos</a> (died 293)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Susanna" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Susanna">Susanna of Rome</a> (died 295)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eulalia_of_Barcelona" title="Eulalia of Barcelona">Eulalia of Barcelona</a> (died 303)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engratia" title="Engratia">Engratia of Zaragoza</a> (died 303)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euphemia" title="Euphemia">Euphemia of Chalcedon</a> (died 303)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devota" title="Devota">Devota of Corsica</a> (died 303)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Rais" title="Saint Rais">Rais of Tamman</a> (died 303)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marciana_of_Mauretania" title="Marciana of Mauretania">Marciana of Mauretania</a> (died 303)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_of_Rome" title="Agnes of Rome">Agnes of Rome</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerentiana" title="Emerentiana">Emerentiana of Rome</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anastasia_of_Sirmium" title="Anastasia of Sirmium">Anastasia of Sirmium</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charitina_of_Amisus" title="Charitina of Amisus">Charitina of Amisus</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Febronia_of_Nisibis" title="Febronia of Nisibis">Febronia of Nisibis</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justina_of_Padua" title="Justina of Padua">Justina of Padua</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucy" title="Saint Lucy">Lucia of Syracuse</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agape,_Chionia,_and_Irene" title="Agape, Chionia, and Irene">Agape, Chionia, and Irene of Thessalonica</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philomena" title="Philomena">Philomena of Rome</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eulalia_of_M%C3%A9rida" title="Eulalia of Mérida">Eulalia of Mérida</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juliana_of_Nicomedia" title="Juliana of Nicomedia">Juliana of Nicomedia</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Afra" title="Saint Afra">Afra of Augsburg</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_of_Albitina" title="Victoria of Albitina">Victoria of Albitina</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trofimena" title="Trofimena">Trofimena of Sicily</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodora_and_Didymus" title="Theodora and Didymus">Theodora of Alexandria</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprian_and_Justina" title="Cyprian and Justina">Justina of Antioch</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anysia_of_Salonika" title="Anysia of Salonika">Anysia of Salonika</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crispina" title="Crispina">Crispina of Numidia</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leocadia" title="Leocadia">Leocadia of Toledo</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Victoria_(Spanish_martyr)" title="Saint Victoria (Spanish martyr)">Victoria of Córdoba</a> (died 304)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Alexandria" title="Catherine of Alexandria">Catherine of Alexandria</a> (died 305)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasilissa_(child_martyr)" title="Vasilissa (child martyr)">Vasilissa of Nicomedia</a> (died 309)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domnina,_Berenice,_and_Prosdoce" title="Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce">Berenice and Prosdoce of Syria</a> (died 310)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothea_of_Caesarea" title="Dorothea of Caesarea">Dorothea of Caesarea</a> (died 311)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fausta_of_Cyzicus" title="Fausta of Cyzicus">Fausta of Cyzicus</a> (died 311)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodora_and_Didymus#Antonina_and_Alexander" title="Theodora and Didymus">Antonina of Constantinople</a> (died 313)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Bibiana" title="Saint Bibiana">Bibiana of Rome</a> (died 361/3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Ursula" title="Saint Ursula">Ursula of Cologne and Companions</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Saint_Leticia" title="Saint Leticia">Leticia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cordula_of_Cologne" title="Cordula of Cologne">Cordula</a> (died 384; various other traditional dates)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noyale" title="Noyale">Noyale of Brittany</a> (5th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ia_the_Virgin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ia the Virgin">Ia of Cornwall</a> (5th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusta_of_Treviso" title="Augusta of Treviso">Augusta of Treviso</a> (5th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_of_Corsica" title="Julia of Corsica">Julia of Corsica</a> (died 439)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivia_of_Palermo" title="Olivia of Palermo">Olivia of Palermo</a> (died 448)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Eluned" title="Saint Eluned">Eluned of Brecon</a> (died 468)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juthwara" title="Juthwara">Juthwara</a> (6th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tryphon,_Respicius,_and_Nympha" title="Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha">Nympha of Palermo</a> (6th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columba_of_Cornwall" title="Columba of Cornwall">Columba of Cornwall</a> (6th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christina_of_Persia" title="Christina of Persia">Christina of Persia</a> (6th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dymphna" title="Dymphna">Dymphna of Geel</a> (7th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Alena" title="Saint Alena">Alena of Brussels</a> (died 640)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_of_Tomar" title="Irene of Tomar">Irene of Tomar</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 653</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Winifred" title="Saint Winifred">Winifred of Treffynnon</a> (died <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 660</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reineldis" title="Reineldis">Reineldis of Saintes</a> (died <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 680</span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodosia_of_Constantinople" title="Theodosia of Constantinople">Theodosia of Constantinople</a> (died 729)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Sidwell" title="Saint Sidwell">Sidwell of Devon</a> (died 740)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Febronia_of_Syria" title="Febronia of Syria">Febronia of Syria</a> (died 749)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columba_of_Spain" title="Columba of Spain">Columba of Córdoba</a> (died 853)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solange_(saint)" class="mw-redirect" title="Solange (saint)">Solange of Bourges</a> (died 880)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belina_(virgin)" title="Belina (virgin)">Belina of Troyes</a> (died 1153), canonized in 1203</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_of_Louvain" title="Margaret of Louvain">Margaret of Louvain</a> (died 1225)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Markella" title="Saint Markella">Markella of Chios</a> (14th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raphael,_Nicholas,_and_Irene_of_Lesbos" title="Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene of Lesbos">Irene of Lesbos</a> (died 1463)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_of_Sinope" title="Helen of Sinope">Helen of Sinope</a> (1700s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyranna_of_Thessaloniki" title="Kyranna of Thessaloniki">Kyranna of Thessaloniki</a> (died 1751)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Goretti" title="Maria Goretti">Maria Goretti</a> (died 1902), canonized in 1950</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karolina_K%C3%B3zka" title="Karolina Kózka">Karolina Kózka</a> (died 1914), beatified in 1987</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albertina_Berkenbrock" title="Albertina Berkenbrock">Albertina Berkenbrock</a> (died 1931), beatified in 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonia_Mesina" title="Antonia Mesina">Antonia Mesina</a> (died 1935), beatified in 1987</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benigna_Cardoso_da_Silva" title="Benigna Cardoso da Silva">Benigna Cardoso da Silva</a> (died 1941), beatified in 2022</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Stein" title="Edith Stein">Edith Stein</a> (died 1942), canonized in 1998</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Restituta_Kafka" title="Maria Restituta Kafka">Maria Restituta Kafka</a> (died 1943), beatified in 1998</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Koles%C3%A1rov%C3%A1" title="Anna Kolesárová">Anna Kolesárová</a> (died 1944), beatified in 2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierina_Morosini" title="Pierina Morosini">Pierina Morosini</a> (died 1957), beatified in 1987</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veronica_Antal" title="Veronica Antal">Veronica Antal</a> (died 1958), beatified in 2018</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie-Cl%C3%A9mentine_Anuarite_Nengapeta" title="Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta">Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta</a> (died 1964), beatified in 1985</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Cristina_Mrad_Campos" class="mw-redirect" title="Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos">Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos</a> (died 1982), beatified in 2022</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindalva_Justo_de_Oliveira" title="Lindalva Justo de Oliveira">Lindalva Justo de Oliveira</a> (died 1993), beatified in 2007</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Consecrated_virgins">Consecrated virgins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_(title)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Consecrated virgins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Consecrated_virgin" title="Consecrated virgin">Consecrated virgin</a></div> <p>The tradition of the rite of the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Consecratio virginum</i></span> (consecration of a virgin) dates back to the 4th century, the form of life to apostolic times. The first known formal consecration is that of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Marcellina" title="Saint Marcellina">Saint Marcellina</a>, dated AD 353, mentioned in <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">De Virginibus</i></span> by her brother, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Ambrose" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Ambrose">Saint Ambrose</a>. Another early consecrated virgin is <a href="/wiki/Saint_Genevieve" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Genevieve">Saint Genevieve</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 422</span>–<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 512</span>). According to <a href="/wiki/Raymond_of_Capua" title="Raymond of Capua">Raymond of Capua</a>, Saint <a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Siena" title="Catherine of Siena">Catherine of Siena</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1347–1380</span>) at the age of 21 (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1368</span>) experienced what she described in her letters as a <a href="/wiki/Bridal_theology" class="mw-redirect" title="Bridal theology">mystical marriage</a> with <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a>, later a popular subject in art as the <a href="/wiki/Mystic_marriage_of_Saint_Catherine" class="mw-redirect" title="Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine">mystic marriage of Saint Catherine</a>. </p><p>Canon 922 of the <a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Catechism of the Catholic Church</a> states that "From apostolic times Christian virgins, called by the Lord to cling only to him with greater freedom of heart, body, and spirit, have decided with the Church's approval to live in a state of virginity 'for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven'." </p><p>Virgins are consecrated for the church as a bride of Christ both in the Orthodox churches and the Roman Catholic church. While in the latter one the consecration has been bestowed for centuries only for nuns living in cloistered monasteries, the bestowal for women living in the world has been reintroduced under <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-OCV_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OCV-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of consecrated virgins ranges in the thousands. Estimates derived from the diocesan records range at around 5,000 consecrated virgins worldwide as of 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joan_of_Arc" title="Joan of Arc">Joan of Arc</a>, who died in 1431, was canonized as a virgin in 1920.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_(title)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eastern_Orthodox_saint_titles" title="List of Eastern Orthodox saint titles">List of Eastern Orthodox saint titles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parable_of_the_Ten_Virgins" title="Parable of the Ten Virgins">Parable of the Ten Virgins</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_(title)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2008/may/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20080515_ordo-virginum.html">"To participants in the International Congress of the Ordo Virginum (May 15, 2008) | BENEDICT XVI"</a>. <i>w2.vatican.va</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-11-17</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=w2.vatican.va&rft.atitle=To+participants+in+the+International+Congress+of+the+Ordo+Virginum+%28May+15%2C+2008%29+%7C+BENEDICT+XVI&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fw2.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fbenedict-xvi%2Fen%2Fspeeches%2F2008%2Fmay%2Fdocuments%2Fhf_ben-xvi_spe_20080515_ordo-virginum.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVirgin+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catholicsaints.info/tag/died-in-slovakia/">"CatholicSaints.Info » Died in Slovakia"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=CatholicSaints.Info+%C2%BB+Died+in+Slovakia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatholicsaints.info%2Ftag%2Fdied-in-slovakia%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVirgin+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5067">"St. Melitina - Saints & Angels"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=St.+Melitina+-+Saints+%26+Angels&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholic.org%2Fsaints%2Fsaint.php%3Fsaint_id%3D5067&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVirgin+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OCV-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OCV_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Ordo Consecrationis Virginum</i> (31 May 1970), <i><a href="/wiki/Acta_Apostolicae_Sedis" title="Acta Apostolicae Sedis">AAS</a></i> 62 (1970) 650 = <i>EDIL</i> 2082-2092 = <i>DOL</i> 294 no. 3352. English translation: <i>The Rites of the Catholic Church</i> 2 (n. 29, p. 81), 132-164, <i>DOL</i> 395 nos. 3253-3262.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bernadette Mary Reis, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2018-07/order-virgins-ecclesiae-sponsae-imago.html">"Church reproposes Order of Virgins 50 years after its restoration"</a>, Vatican News, 4 July 2018.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li>Karen A. 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title="Confessor of the Faith">Confessors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anatolius_of_Laodicea" title="Anatolius of Laodicea">Anatolius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_of_Kiev" title="Anthony of Kiev">Anthony of Kiev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athanasius_of_Alexandria" title="Athanasius of Alexandria">Athanasius the Confessor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chariton_the_Confessor" title="Chariton the Confessor">Chariton the Confessor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Dominic" title="Saint Dominic">Dominic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_the_Confessor" title="Edward the Confessor">Edward the Confessor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi" title="Francis of Assisi">Francis of Assisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Borgia" title="Francis Borgia">Francis Borgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Homobonus" title="Saint Homobonus">Homobonus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazarus_Zographos" title="Lazarus Zographos">Lazarus Zographos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Bertrand_(saint)" title="Louis Bertrand (saint)">Louis Bertrand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximus_the_Confessor" title="Maximus the Confessor">Maximus the Confessor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_of_Synnada" title="Michael of Synnada">Michael of Synnada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paphnutius_of_Thebes" title="Paphnutius of Thebes">Paphnutius the Confessor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_I_of_Constantinople" title="Paul I of Constantinople">Paul I of Constantinople</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Claver" title="Peter Claver">Peter Claver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salonius" title="Salonius">Salonius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergius_of_Radonezh" title="Sergius of Radonezh">Sergius of Radonezh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophanes_the_Confessor" title="Theophanes the Confessor">Theophanes the Confessor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padre_Pio" title="Padre Pio">Pio of Pietrelcina</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">Disciples</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apollos" title="Apollos">Apollos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany" title="Mary of Bethany">Mary of Bethany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Magdalene" title="Mary Magdalene">Mary Magdalene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priscilla_and_Aquila" title="Priscilla and Aquila">Priscilla and Aquila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas" title="Silas">Silvanus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Stephen" title="Saint Stephen">Stephen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Timothy" title="Saint Timothy">Timothy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Titus" title="Saint Titus">Titus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventy_disciples" title="Seventy disciples">Seventy disciples</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_the_Church" title="Doctor of the Church">Doctors of the Church</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I" title="Pope Gregory I">Gregory the Great</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambrose" title="Ambrose">Ambrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo">Augustine of Hippo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome" title="Jerome">Jerome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chrysostom" title="John Chrysostom">John Chrysostom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basil_of_Caesarea" title="Basil of Caesarea">Basil of Caesarea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_of_Nazianzus" title="Gregory of Nazianzus">Gregory of Nazianzus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athanasius_of_Alexandria" title="Athanasius of Alexandria">Athanasius of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_of_Alexandria" title="Cyril of Alexandria">Cyril of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_of_Jerusalem" title="Cyril of Jerusalem">Cyril of Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_of_Damascus" title="John of Damascus">John of Damascus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bede" title="Bede">Bede the Venerable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ephrem_the_Syrian" title="Ephrem the Syrian">Ephrem the Syrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas" title="Thomas Aquinas">Thomas Aquinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonaventure" title="Bonaventure">Bonaventure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury" title="Anselm of Canterbury">Anselm of Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isidore_of_Seville" title="Isidore of Seville">Isidore of Seville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Chrysologus" title="Peter Chrysologus">Peter Chrysologus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_I" title="Pope Leo I">Leo the Great</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Damian" title="Peter Damian">Peter Damian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_of_Clairvaux" title="Bernard of Clairvaux">Bernard of Clairvaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_of_Poitiers" title="Hilary of Poitiers">Hilary of Poitiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alphonsus_Liguori" title="Alphonsus Liguori">Alphonsus Liguori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_de_Sales" title="Francis de Sales">Francis de Sales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Canisius" title="Peter Canisius">Peter Canisius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_of_the_Cross" title="John of the Cross">John of the Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bellarmine" title="Robert Bellarmine">Robert Bellarmine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albertus_Magnus" title="Albertus Magnus">Albertus Magnus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_of_Padua" title="Anthony of Padua">Anthony of Padua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_of_Brindisi" title="Lawrence of Brindisi">Lawrence of Brindisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_of_%C3%81vila" title="Teresa of Ávila">Teresa of Ávila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Siena" title="Catherine of Siena">Catherine of Siena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_of_Lisieux" title="Thérèse of Lisieux">Thérèse of Lisieux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_of_%C3%81vila" title="John of Ávila">John of Ávila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen" title="Hildegard of Bingen">Hildegard of Bingen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_of_Narek" title="Gregory of Narek">Gregory of Narek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irenaeus" title="Irenaeus">Irenaeus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Four_Evangelists" title="Four Evangelists">Evangelists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_the_Apostle" title="Matthew the Apostle">Matthew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_the_Evangelist" title="Mark the Evangelist">Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist" title="Luke the Evangelist">Luke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">John</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Church_Fathers" title="Church Fathers">Church<br />Fathers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_I_of_Alexandria" title="Pope Alexander I of Alexandria">Alexander of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_of_Jerusalem" title="Alexander of Jerusalem">Alexander of Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambrose" title="Ambrose">Ambrose of Milan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatolius_of_Laodicea" title="Anatolius of Laodicea">Anatolius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athanasius_of_Alexandria" title="Athanasius of Alexandria">Athanasius of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo">Augustine of Hippo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caesarius_of_Arles" title="Caesarius of Arles">Caesarius of Arles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caius_(presbyter)" title="Caius (presbyter)">Caius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cappadocian_Fathers" title="Cappadocian Fathers">Cappadocian Fathers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_of_Alexandria" title="Clement of Alexandria">Clement of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_of_Rome" title="Clement of Rome">Clement of Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprian" title="Cyprian">Cyprian of Carthage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_of_Alexandria" title="Cyril of Alexandria">Cyril of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_of_Jerusalem" title="Cyril of Jerusalem">Cyril of Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Damasus_I" title="Pope Damasus I">Damasus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_Fathers" title="Desert Fathers">Desert Fathers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_Mothers" title="Desert Mothers">Desert Mothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Dionysius_of_Alexandria" title="Pope Dionysius of Alexandria">Dionysius of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionysius_of_Corinth" title="Dionysius of Corinth">Dionysius of Corinth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Dionysius" title="Pope Dionysius">Dionysius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ephrem_the_Syrian" title="Ephrem the Syrian">Ephrem the Syrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epiphanius_of_Salamis" title="Epiphanius of Salamis">Epiphanius of Salamis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulgentius_of_Ruspe" title="Fulgentius of Ruspe">Fulgentius of Ruspe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I" title="Pope Gregory I">Gregory the Great</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_of_Nazianzus" title="Gregory of Nazianzus">Gregory of Nazianzus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_of_Nyssa" title="Gregory of Nyssa">Gregory of Nyssa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_of_Poitiers" title="Hilary of Poitiers">Hilary of Poitiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Rome" title="Hippolytus of Rome">Hippolytus of Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignatius_of_Antioch" title="Ignatius of Antioch">Ignatius of Antioch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irenaeus" title="Irenaeus">Irenaeus of Lyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isidore_of_Seville" title="Isidore of Seville">Isidore of Seville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome" title="Jerome">Jerome of Stridonium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chrysostom" title="John Chrysostom">John Chrysostom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_of_Damascus" title="John of Damascus">John of Damascus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximus_the_Confessor" title="Maximus the Confessor">Maximus the Confessor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melito_of_Sardis" title="Melito of Sardis">Melito of Sardis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quadratus_of_Athens" title="Quadratus of Athens">Quadratus of Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papias_of_Hierapolis" title="Papias of Hierapolis">Papias of Hierapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Chrysologus" title="Peter Chrysologus">Peter Chrysologus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polycarp" title="Polycarp">Polycarp of Smyrna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theophilus_of_Antioch" title="Theophilus of Antioch">Theophilus of Antioch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorinus_of_Pettau" title="Victorinus of Pettau">Victorinus of Pettau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_of_L%C3%A9rins" title="Vincent of Lérins">Vincent of Lérins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Zephyrinus" title="Pope Zephyrinus">Zephyrinus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christian_martyr" title="Christian martyr">Martyrs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abda_and_Abdisho" title="Abda and Abdisho">Abda and Abdisho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_and_Gleb" title="Boris and Gleb">Boris and Gleb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Foucauld" title="Charles de Foucauld">Charles de Foucauld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Martyrs" title="Canadian Martyrs">Canadian Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carthusian_Martyrs" title="Carthusian Martyrs">Carthusian Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_Martyrs_of_Tlaxcala" title="Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala">Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christina_of_Persia" title="Christina of Persia">Christina of Persia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devasahayam_Pillai" title="Devasahayam Pillai">Devasahayam Pillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penitent_thief" title="Penitent thief">Dismas the Good Thief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forty_Martyrs_of_England_and_Wales" title="Forty Martyrs of England and Wales">Forty Martyrs of England and Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Crowned_Martyrs" title="Four Crowned Martyrs">Four Crowned Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_of_Csan%C3%A1d" title="Gerard of Csanád">Gerard of Csanád</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_martyr" title="Great martyr">Great Martyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Innocents" title="Massacre of the Innocents">The Holy Innocents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Catholic_Martyrs" title="Irish Catholic Martyrs">Irish Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Fisher" title="John Fisher">John Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Martyrs" title="Korean Martyrs">Korean Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Ruiz" title="Lorenzo Ruiz">Lorenzo Ruiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck_martyrs" title="Lübeck martyrs">Martyrs of Lübeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Versiglia" title="Luigi Versiglia">Luigi Versiglia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrology" title="Martyrology">Martyrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_Albania" title="Martyrs of Albania">Martyrs of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19_martyrs_of_Algeria" title="19 martyrs of Algeria">Martyrs of Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_Cajonos" title="Martyrs of Cajonos">Martyrs of Cajonos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blessed_Martyrs_of_Drina" title="Blessed Martyrs of Drina">Martyrs of Drina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyr_Saints_of_China" title="Martyr Saints of China">Martyrs of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_Gorkum" title="Martyrs of Gorkum">Martyrs of Gorkum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_Japan" title="Martyrs of Japan">Martyrs of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_kidnapping_and_beheading_of_Copts_in_Libya" title="2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya">21 Martyrs of Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_La_Rioja" title="Martyrs of La Rioja">Martyrs of La Rioja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_Damascus" title="Martyrs of Damascus">Martyrs of Damascus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_Laos" title="Martyrs of Laos">Martyrs of Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_Natal" title="Martyrs of Natal">Martyrs of Natal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_Otranto" title="Martyrs of Otranto">Martyrs of Otranto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_Prague" title="Martyrs of Prague">Martyrs of Prague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadok_and_48_Dominican_martyrs_from_Sandomierz" title="Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs from Sandomierz">Martyrs of Sandomierz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_the_Spanish_Civil_War" title="Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War">Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_of_Zenta" title="Martyrs of Zenta">Martyrs of Zenta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Kolbe" title="Maximilian Kolbe">Maximilian Kolbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%93scar_Romero" title="Óscar Romero">Óscar Romero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Calungsod" title="Pedro Calungsod">Pedro Calungsod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetua_and_Felicity" title="Perpetua and Felicity">Perpetua and Felicity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Chanel" title="Peter Chanel">Peter Chanel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pietro_Parenzo" title="Pietro Parenzo">Pietro Parenzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philomena" title="Philomena">Philomena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saints_of_the_Cristero_War" title="Saints of the Cristero War">Saints of the Cristero War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Stephen" title="Saint Stephen">Stephen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Stein" title="Edith Stein">Teresa Benedicta of the Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titus_Brandsma" title="Titus Brandsma">Titus Brandsma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomasian_Martyrs" title="Thomasian Martyrs">17 Thomasian Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Becket" title="Thomas Becket">Thomas Becket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_More" title="Thomas More">Thomas More</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Martyrs_of_Chimbote" title="Three Martyrs of Chimbote">Three Martyrs of Chimbote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulma_family" title="Ulma family">Ulma Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda_Martyrs" title="Uganda Martyrs">Uganda Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_Martyrs" title="Vietnamese Martyrs">Vietnamese Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Valentine" title="Saint Valentine">Valentine of Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_and_Corona" title="Victor and Corona">Victor and Corona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zanitas_and_Lazarus_of_Persia" title="Zanitas and Lazarus of Persia">Zanitas and Lazarus of Persia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_missions" title="Catholic missions">Missionaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Canterbury" title="Augustine of Canterbury">Augustine of Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Boniface" title="Saint Boniface">Boniface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Father_Damien" title="Father Damien">Damien of Molokai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evermode_of_Ratzeburg" title="Evermode of Ratzeburg">Evermode of Ratzeburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Xavier" title="Francis Xavier">Francis Xavier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Laval" title="François de Laval">François de Laval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Illuminator" title="Gregory the Illuminator">Gregory the Illuminator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jun%C3%ADpero_Serra" title="Junípero Serra">Junípero Serra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Nino" title="Saint Nino">Nino of Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Patrick" title="Saint Patrick">Patrick of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Remigius" title="Saint Remigius">Remigius</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarchs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cain_and_Abel" title="Cain and Abel">Abel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac" title="Isaac">Isaac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob" title="Jacob">Jacob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_(Genesis)" title="Joseph (Genesis)">Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph (father of Jesus)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon" title="Solomon">Solomon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Matriarchs_(Bible)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matriarchs (Bible)">Matriarchs</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Popes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Adeodatus_I" title="Pope Adeodatus I">Adeodatus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Adeodatus_II" title="Pope Adeodatus II">Adeodatus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Adrian_III" title="Pope Adrian III">Adrian III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Agapetus_I" title="Pope Agapetus I">Agapetus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Agatho" title="Pope Agatho">Agatho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Alexander_I" title="Pope Alexander I">Alexander I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Anacletus" title="Pope Anacletus">Anacletus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Anastasius_I" title="Pope Anastasius I">Anastasius I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Anicetus" title="Pope Anicetus">Anicetus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Anterus" title="Pope Anterus">Anterus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_II" title="Pope Benedict II">Benedict II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Boniface_I" title="Pope Boniface I">Boniface I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Boniface_IV" title="Pope Boniface IV">Boniface IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Caius" title="Pope Caius">Caius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_I" title="Pope Callixtus I">Callixtus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Celestine_I" title="Pope Celestine I">Celestine I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Celestine_V" title="Pope Celestine V">Celestine V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_of_Rome" title="Clement of Rome">Clement I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Cornelius" title="Pope Cornelius">Cornelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Damasus_I" title="Pope Damasus I">Damasus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Dionysius" title="Pope Dionysius">Dionysius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Eleutherius" title="Pope Eleutherius">Eleuterus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Eugene_I" title="Pope Eugene I">Eugene I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Eusebius" title="Pope Eusebius">Eusebius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Eutychian" title="Pope Eutychian">Eutychian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Evaristus" title="Pope Evaristus">Evaristus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Fabian" title="Pope Fabian">Fabian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Felix_I" title="Pope Felix I">Felix I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Felix_III" title="Pope Felix III">Felix III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Felix_IV" title="Pope Felix IV">Felix IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gelasius_I" title="Pope Gelasius I">Gelasius I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I" title="Pope Gregory I">Gregory I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_II" title="Pope Gregory II">Gregory II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_III" title="Pope Gregory III">Gregory III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII" title="Pope Gregory VII">Gregory VII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Hilarius" title="Pope Hilarius">Hilarius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Hormisdas" title="Pope Hormisdas">Hormisdas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Hyginus" title="Pope Hyginus">Hyginus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_I" title="Pope Innocent I">Innocent I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_I" title="Pope John I">John I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII" title="Pope John XXIII">John XXIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">John Paul II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Julius_I" title="Pope Julius I">Julius I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_I" title="Pope Leo I">Leo I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_II" title="Pope Leo II">Leo II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_III" title="Pope Leo III">Leo III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_IV" title="Pope Leo IV">Leo IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_IX" title="Pope Leo IX">Leo IX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Linus" title="Pope Linus">Linus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Lucius_I" title="Pope Lucius I">Lucius I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Marcellinus" title="Pope Marcellinus">Marcellinus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Marcellus_I" title="Pope Marcellus I">Marcellus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Mark" title="Pope Mark">Mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Martin_I" title="Pope Martin I">Martin I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Miltiades" title="Pope Miltiades">Miltiades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Nicholas_I" title="Pope Nicholas I">Nicholas I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paschal_I" title="Pope Paschal I">Paschal I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_I" title="Pope Paul I">Paul I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Paul VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_I" title="Pope Pius I">Pius I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_V" title="Pope Pius V">Pius V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_X" title="Pope Pius X">Pius X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Pontian" title="Pope Pontian">Pontian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sergius_I" title="Pope Sergius I">Sergius I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Silverius" title="Pope Silverius">Silverius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Simplicius" title="Pope Simplicius">Simplicius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Siricius" title="Pope Siricius">Siricius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_I" title="Pope Sixtus I">Sixtus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_II" title="Pope Sixtus II">Sixtus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_III" title="Pope Sixtus III">Sixtus III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Soter" title="Pope Soter">Soter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_I" title="Pope Stephen I">Stephen I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Stephen_IV" title="Pope Stephen IV">Stephen IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Sylvester_I" title="Pope Sylvester I">Sylvester I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Symmachus" title="Pope Symmachus">Symmachus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Telesphorus" title="Pope Telesphorus">Telesphorus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Urban_I" title="Pope Urban I">Urban I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Victor_I" title="Pope Victor I">Victor I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Vitalian" title="Pope Vitalian">Vitalian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Zachary" title="Pope Zachary">Zachary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Zephyrinus" title="Pope Zephyrinus">Zephyrinus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Zosimus" title="Pope Zosimus">Zosimus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prophets_of_Christianity" title="Prophets of Christianity">Prophets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agabus" title="Agabus">Agabus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_(prophet)" title="Amos (prophet)">Amos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_the_Prophetess" title="Anna the Prophetess">Anna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baruch_ben_Neriah" title="Baruch ben Neriah">Baruch ben Neriah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah" title="Elijah">Elijah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ezekiel" title="Ezekiel">Ezekiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habakkuk" title="Habakkuk">Habakkuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haggai" title="Haggai">Haggai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hosea" title="Hosea">Hosea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaiah" title="Isaiah">Isaiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah" title="Jeremiah">Jeremiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_(biblical_figure)" title="Job (biblical figure)">Job</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_(prophet)" title="Joel (prophet)">Joel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonah" title="Jonah">Jonah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judas_Barsabbas" title="Judas Barsabbas">Judas Barsabbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malachi" title="Malachi">Malachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melchizedek" title="Melchizedek">Melchizedek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micah_(prophet)" title="Micah (prophet)">Micah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahum" title="Nahum">Nahum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obadiah" title="Obadiah">Obadiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel" title="Samuel">Samuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woman_with_seven_sons" title="Woman with seven sons">Seven Maccabees and their mother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_(Gospel_of_Luke)" title="Simeon (Gospel of Luke)">Simeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zechariah_(Hebrew_prophet)" title="Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)">Zechariah (prophet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zechariah_(New_Testament_figure)" title="Zechariah (New Testament figure)">Zechariah (NT)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zephaniah" title="Zephaniah">Zephaniah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: gold;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Virgins</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agatha_of_Sicily" title="Agatha of Sicily">Agatha of Sicily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_of_Rome" title="Agnes of Rome">Agnes of Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_of_the_Cross" title="Angela of the Cross">Angela of the Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%86thelthryth" title="Æthelthryth">Æthelthryth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Soubirous" title="Bernadette Soubirous">Bernadette Soubirous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Bologna" title="Catherine of Bologna">Catherine of Bologna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigid_of_Kildare" title="Brigid of Kildare">Brigid of Kildare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Labour%C3%A9" title="Catherine Labouré">Catherine Labouré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Siena" title="Catherine of Siena">Catherine of Siena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Cecilia" title="Saint Cecilia">Cecilia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clare_of_Assisi" title="Clare of Assisi">Clare of Assisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eulalia_of_M%C3%A9rida" title="Eulalia of Mérida">Eulalia of Mérida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euphemia" title="Euphemia">Euphemia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faustina_Kowalska" title="Faustina Kowalska">Faustina Kowalska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faustina_and_Liberata_of_Como" title="Faustina and Liberata of Como">Faustina and Liberata of Como</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genevieve" title="Genevieve">Genevieve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiltrude_of_Liessies" title="Hiltrude of Liessies">Hiltrude of Liessies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_of_Arc" title="Joan of Arc">Joan of Arc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kateri_Tekakwitha" title="Kateri Tekakwitha">Kateri Tekakwitha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucy" title="Saint Lucy">Lucy of Syracuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Goretti" title="Maria Goretti">Maria Goretti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_de_las_Maravillas_de_Jes%C3%BAs" title="María de las Maravillas de Jesús">María de las Maravillas de Jesús</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narcisa_de_Jes%C3%BAs" title="Narcisa de Jesús">Narcisa de Jesús</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_of_Naples" title="Patricia of Naples">Patricia of Naples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Rosalia" title="Saint Rosalia">Rosalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_of_Lima" title="Rose of Lima">Rose of Lima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_of_the_Andes" title="Teresa of the Andes">Teresa of the Andes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_Teresa" title="Mother Teresa">Teresa of Calcutta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trasilla_and_Emiliana" title="Trasilla and Emiliana">Trasilla and Emiliana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubaldesca_Taccini" title="Ubaldesca Taccini">Ubaldesca Taccini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephine_Bakhita" title="Josephine Bakhita">Josephine Bakhita</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: gold;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Calendar of saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Holy_Marshals" title="Four Holy Marshals">Four Holy Marshals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourteen_Holy_Helpers" title="Fourteen Holy Helpers">Fourteen Holy Helpers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyr_of_charity" title="Martyr of charity">Martyr of charity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_saint" title="Military saint">Military saints</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athleta_Christi" title="Athleta Christi">Athleta Christi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Christianus" title="Miles Christianus">Miles Christianus</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Calendar_of_saints_(Lutheran)" title="Calendar of saints (Lutheran)">Lutheran calendar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Folk_saint" title="Folk saint">Folk saint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equal-to-apostles" title="Equal-to-apostles">Equal-to-apostles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relic" title="Relic">Relic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catacomb_saints" title="Catacomb saints">Catacomb saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Translation_(relic)" title="Translation (relic)">Translation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagiography" title="Hagiography">Hagiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_saints" title="Lists of saints">Lists of saints</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_saints" title="List of Catholic saints">Catholic</a></li> <li><a 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