Mother of God
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The Mother of God, identified with the Blessed Virgin Mary, is venerated in the Aachen cathedral among the fourteen statues in the choir. She is regarded as the divine mother who bore Jesus and intercedes for humanity, embodying purity and compassion.
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When
- First attested
- 50 BCE
- Attested period
- -50 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mary appears in the canonical Gospels composed in the mid‑1st century CE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- the four and twenty Ancients of the Apocalypse, Holy Ghost, God the Father
Mentioned by
Sources
encyclopedia (3)
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“among the fourteen statues (the Mother of God, the Twelve Apostles, and Charlemagne), dating from the fifteenth century.”
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“The origin of the feast is assigned by the Lesson to the year 626, when Constantinople, in the reign of Heraclius, was attacked by the Persians and Scythians but saved through the intervention of the Mother of God.”
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“the saints of heaven in two companies with the Mother of God and John the Baptist at their head kneel in adoration.”
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