Elizabeth (biblical figure)

Saint Elizabeth
Elizabeth (left) visited by Mary in the Visitation, by Philippe de Champaigne
Righteous
Born	1st century BC One of the hills of Judea
Died	1st century BC (or early AD)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Church Lutheran Church Anglican Communion Islam
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Feast	5 November (Roman Catholic) 5 September (Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican)
Patronage	Pregnant women

Elizabeth (also spelled Elisabeth; Hebrew: אֱלִישֶׁבַע "My God is abundance", Standard Hebrew: Elišévaʿ, Tiberian Hebrew: ʾĔlîšéḇaʿ; Greek: Ἐλισάβετ Elisabet / Elisavet) was the mother of John the Baptist, the wife of Zechariah, and maternal aunt of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke and in Islamic tradition. She was past normal child-bearing age when she conceived and gave birth to John.