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Mother
Mary
(1st century CE) was a humble Jewish peasant woman who received
the annunciation from the archangel Gabriel that she was to give birth to
the son of God while remaining a virgin.
At that time, Mary was already engaged to Joseph, a carpenter, who
believed in the holy virginity of Mary after a prophetic dream came to
him.
According to some, the meaning of
her name comes from the Latin mariam meaning "bitterness", while
others speculate it came from the Egyptian root mr meaning "love."
  
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