Mary

The Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. She is described in the New Testament narrative as a maiden in lowly circumstances, but of the line of David. She lived in the obscure village of Nazareth, in Galilee, and was betrothed to Joseph, a carpenter. Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in one of the eastern inns contrived for the accommodation of both beast and traveler. There is a tradition to the effect that she died at Jerusalem 63 A. D. She became an object of general veneration by the church during the third and fourth centuries. See Madonna