Virgin (title)

Virgo is an honorific designation that use the Catholic and the Orthodox Church for female Saints who were consecrated virgins, nuns or sisters or women who led a life of perfect chastity. The term virgin is next in particular, used to members of the Ordo Virginum, consecrated virgins in the world or in monastic orders.

Among the most famous holy virgins include Agatha of Catania, Agnes of Rome, Cecilia of Rome, Scholastica of Nursia, Lucia of Syracuse, Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Catherine of Siena.

The holy virgins have in the commune texts from the Roman Missal and the Book of Hours own texts and measurement forms. In the liturgy of the Virgin is invoked in the Litany of the Saints and in the Litany of Loreto as " Lady about all the virgins " or " Queen of the Virgins". A song by Maria Luise Thurmair about the virgins found in the praise of God (No. 613).