Noted Christian Virgins
- Agnes of Rome 3rd century martyr
- Agatha of Sicily 3rd century martyr
- Lucy of Syracuse 3rd century martyr
- Euphemia of Chalcedon 3rd century martyr
- Genevieve of Paris, 5th century
- Catherine of Siena, 13th century Dominican tertiary and mystic
- Rose of Lima 16th century, Dominican tertiary and mystic, first native of the New World to be canonized
- Kateri Tekakwitha, 17th century Native American
- Narcisa de Jesús Martillo, 19th century native of Ecuador
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