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Person

Mary

mother of Jesus

Mother of Jesus, named in the birth narratives and early Christian community.

4 appearances3 Bible books2 known aliases

Who or what is this?

A young woman of , betrothed to Joseph of the house of , who is told by the angel that she will bear . records her Magnificat after visiting her relative , and tells of her flight to with Joseph to escape Herod. She appears at , beneath in John's Gospel, and among the believers gathered in at the start of Acts.

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