Josephite marriage

Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi lived in a Josephite marriage after they had a family of four children

Josephite marriage, also known as spiritual marriage, chaste marriage,[1] and continent marriage, is a religiously motivated practice in which a man and a woman marry and live together without engaging in sexual activity.

  1. ^ Olson, Carl (2007). Celibacy and Religious Traditions. Oxford University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-19-804181-8.