Not really. Most Christian sources, Catholic and non-Catholic state that she was approx. 14 years old when she was married. Jewish tradition at that time allowed marriage as early as 12 1/2 years old. I'm not stretching anything. Catholic Encyclopedia about the BVM
270 posted on 09/03/2008 1:56:42 AM PDT by Tamar1973
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