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in _Maria-sama ga Miteru_ (Maria Watches Over Us), every morning the girls
pray to a statue of Maria. It's obvious that Maria is some sort of saint
related to the school, but I am wondering: is Maria someone in real life or
was she made up just for the anime?


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Who exactly is Maria?


Maria is also known as Mary, or [the holy virgin
Mary](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_%28mother_of_Jesus%29). She is one of
the key points in several streams of religion. The Maria in the series seems
to be based on this.

> According to the Bible, Mary (מרים; c. 18 BC – c. 41 AD), also known as
> Saint Mary or Virgin Mary, was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee. She is
> identified in the New Testament[Mt 1:16,18-25][Lk 1:26-56][2:1-7] as the
> mother of Jesus through divine intervention. Mary (Maryam) also has a
> revered position in Islam, where a whole chapter of the Qur'an is devoted to
> her. Christians hold her son Jesus to be Christ (i.e., the messiah) and God
> the Son Incarnate. By contrast, Muslims regard Jesus as one of the prophets
> of God sent to humanity; not as God himself nor the Son of God.


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