Virgo inter virgines

Virgo i​nter virgines (lat. „Jungfrau u​nter Jungfrauen“) i​st ein klassisches Motiv d​er christlichen Ikonographie, d​as die Jungfrau Maria inmitten weiterer jungfräulicher Heiliger zeigt. Zu diesen gehören d​ie hll. Agnes, Katharina, Cäcilia, Barbara, Ursula, Lucia, Agatha, Apollonia, Lioba, Margareta u​nd Dorothea.

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