亦稱聖母瑪利亞（St. Mary或Virgin Mary） 耶穌的母親。根據福音書中的記載，天使長加百列通知她因聖靈感孕耶穌時，她已和聖約瑟訂婚；福音中關於她的其他記載包括：她訪問施洗者聖約翰之母以利沙伯；耶穌誕生；瑪利亞將耶穌帶到聖殿獻給上帝；博士朝拜耶穌；約瑟、瑪利亞攜帶幼兒耶穌逃往埃及；在加利利的迦拿參加娶親筵席；耶穌講道時瑪利亞想見耶穌；她親見耶穌受刑而死等等。東正教、羅馬天主教徒和大部分新教教徒都肯定耶穌的神聖性，並認爲瑪利亞雖懷孕生耶穌但並未喪失童貞。羅馬天主教會也提出無原罪始胎和聖母昇天的說法。天主教徒向瑪利亞祈禱，並把她看作仲裁者。padding-bottom: 66.56%;">or Virgin Mary Mother of Jesus. According to the Gospels, she was betrothed to St. Joseph when the archangel Gabriel appeared to her to announce the coming birth of Jesus. Other incidents in the Gospels in which she appears include the visit to Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist; the birth of Jesus and his presentation in the Temple; the coming of the Magi and the flight to Egypt; the marriage at Cana in Galilee; the attempt to see Jesus while he was teaching; and watching at the cross. Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and most Protestant denominations hold Jesus to have been divinely conceived and Mary to have remained a virgin. The Roman Catholic church also holds to the doctrine of her Immaculate Conception and her bodily assumption into heaven. Catholics pray to Mary as an intercessor.
