I want to know the answer to the following question:
Who is often held as the model for all things holy and pure that is not Mary ?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Thus in the first five centuries such epithets as "in every respect holy", "in all things unstained", "super-innocent", and "singularly holy" are applied to her; she is compared to Eve before the fall, as ancestress of a redeemed people; she is "the earth before it was accursed".". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes