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name: Mary of Nazareth
slug: mary-of-nazareth
type: person
status: running
version: 1.0.0
released: "~6 BCE"
maintainer: theological traditions (disputed)
dependencies:
- joachim-and-anne
- joseph-of-nazareth
- the-holy-spirit
- first-century-judaism
license: Public Domain (universal, irrevocable)
tags:
- mother
- witness
- intercessor
- historical-person
- religious-figure
- theotokos
---
# Mary of Nazareth
## What it actually is
A young woman from a minor Galilean town who said yes to something with no precedent, no manual, and no guaranteed outcome.
## How it works
Born into an ordinary Jewish household in [Nazareth](/nazareth), Mary enters the historical record primarily through her relation to [Jesus of Nazareth](/jesus-of-nazareth), whom she bore, raised, lost, searched for, worried about, watched die, and outlived long enough to see the beginning of what he started.
The mechanism is deceptively simple:
1. Annunciation received. Terms reviewed. Consent given.
2. Pregnancy navigated without adequate social infrastructure.
3. Birth occurs in suboptimal conditions. No notes taken at the time.
4. Motherhood proceeds for approximately 33 years.
5. Presence maintained through the worst possible outcome.
6. Listed among the earliest community of followers post-resurrection.
She does not document herself. This is notable.
## Features
- **Consistent availability**: Present at birth, present at the wedding in [Cana](/cana), present at the cross. High uptime.
- **Low verbosity**: Four recorded statements across all canonical gospels. Signal-to-noise ratio: exceptional.
- **Holding capacity**: Described by [Simeon](/simeon) as one who would have a sword pierce her own soul. Load-bearing architecture confirmed.
- **Interfaith compatibility**: Venerated across Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, and Islamic traditions. Unusually broad API support.
- **Magnificat output**: Luke 1:46-55. One of the most compressed revolutionary documents in the ancient world. Ships with base install.
## Known bugs
- Date of birth unspecified. Version number inferred from context.
- Perpetual virginity claim creates ongoing dependency conflict across denominations. Not resolved upstream.
- Assumed bodily into heaven (per Catholic/Orthodox traditions) leaves no physical remains. Relic ecosystem consequently unstable.
- Often rendered pale in Western iconography. Does not reflect Galilean runtime environment.
## Edge cases
- Asked a reasonable clarifying question at the Annunciation ("How can this be?"). This is not doubt. This is good engineering practice.
- When [Jesus of Nazareth](/jesus-of-nazareth) stays behind in Jerusalem at age 12, she finds him and says "your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety." This is the most relatable line in the New Testament.
- She is handed to the Beloved Disciple from the cross. This is not abandonment. This is succession planning under duress.
## FAQ
**Q: Is she a goddess?**
A: Depends on your doctrinal config. Not her claim. Not her problem.
**Q: Why so few quotes?**
A: Some people don't need many words. See also: [silence](/silence).
**Q: Is the apparition ecosystem (Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe) part of this core package?**
A: Those are plugins. Maintained separately. Wildly popular. Results vary.
## Changelog
- **~6 BCE**: Initial release
- **~4 BCE**: Refugee period (Egypt). Stability maintained under pressure.
- **~28 CE**: Cana intervention. First recorded feature request submitted to son.
- **~30 CE**: Golgotha. Presence logged. No patch available.
- **~30 CE**: Post-resurrection: listed in Acts 1:14 among those gathered in prayer. Final confirmed instance.