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perpetual virginity of Mary

doctrine that Mary the mother of Jesus had never had sexual relations throughout her life; held by many Christian groups, including the Catholic Church
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perpetual virginity of Mary

Summary

perpetual virginity of Mary ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,588 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • perpetual virginity of Mary's religion is recorded as Christianity[2].
  • perpetual virginity of Mary is a type of Catholic doctrine[3].
  • perpetual virginity of Mary is a type of Marian devotion[4].
  • perpetual virginity of Mary's Commons category is recorded as Perpetual virginity of Mary[5].
  • perpetual virginity of Mary's facet of is recorded as Jesus Christ[6].
  • perpetual virginity of Mary's facet of is recorded as Mary[7].
  • perpetual virginity of Mary's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/perpetual-virginity[8].
  • perpetual virginity of Mary's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Virginitas in partu'}[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include Catholic doctrine[3] and Marian devotion[4].

Why It Matters

perpetual virginity of Mary ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,588 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Jesus Christ Mary North Carolina Central University

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → Catholic doctrine, Marian devotion
    Facet of → Jesus Christ, Mary
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007264639505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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