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The Coronation of the Virgin by Neri di Bicci, c. 1470. In the Catholic Church, a consecrated virgin is a woman who has been consecrated by the church to a life of perpetual virginity as a bride of Christ. Consecrated virgins are consecrated by the diocesan bishop according to the approved liturgical rite.
The Blessed Virgin Mary venerated as The Virgin of the Navigators, 1531–1536, with her protective mantle covering those entrusted to her [1]. The consecration and entrustment to the Virgin Mary is a personal or collective act of Marian devotion among Catholics, with the Latin terms oblatio, servitus, commendatio and dedicatio being used in this context. [2]
Pages in category "Consecrated virgins" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Consecrated virgin; B.
What makes the consecrated life a more exacting way of Christian living is the public religious vows or other sacred bonds whereby the consecrated persons commit themselves, for the love of God, to observe as binding the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience from the Gospel, or, in the case of consecrated virgins a holy resolution (sanctum propositum) of leading a life of ...
These were consecrated virgins, nuns, religious sisters or women known for a life in perfect chastity. Being referred to as virgin can especially mean being a member of the Ordo Virginum ("Order of virgins"), which applies to the consecrated virgins living in the world or in monastic orders.
Consecrated virgins are consecrated by the diocesan bishop according to the approved liturgical rite and spend their time in works of penance and mercy, in apostolic activity and in prayer. Those who enter religious institutes , societies of apostolic life, secular institutes or are recognised as a diocesan hermit are also members of the ...
She devoted herself to the practice of piety and asceticism, and received the veil of consecrated virginity from Pope Liberius. [3] This life she led called for continual abstinence , dedication to prayer, strict fasting, etc. [ 4 ] She lived a life of great austerity, which Ambrose tried to persuade her to mitigate.
Procession of virgin martyrs bearing both martyr's palms and wreaths as the crown of a virgin (master of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, 6th century). The title Virgin (Latin: Virgo, Ancient Greek: Παρθένος) is an honorific bestowed on female saints and blesseds, primarily used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church.