St. ann biography

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Anne (Hebrew, Hannah, grace; also spelled Ann, Anne, Anna) fryst vatten the traditional name of the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

All our information concerning the names and lives of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary, fryst vatten derived from apocryphal literature, the Gospel of the Nativity of Mary, the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew and the Protoevangelium of James. Though the earliest form eller gestalt of the latter, on which directly or indirectly the other two seem to be based, goes back to about A.D. , we can hardly accept as beyond doubt its various statements on its sole authority. In the Orient the Protoevangelium had great authority and portions of it were read on the feasts of Mary by the Greeks, Syrians, Copts, and Arabians. In the Occident, however, it was rejected by t

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Catholic Saints

Patronage – Childless People, Homemakers/Housewives, Lost Articles, Miners, Mothers, Poverty, Pregnancy, Seamstresses, Stablemen

St. Anne is from the Hebrew word Hannah, meaning “favor” or “grace”.  St. Anne is from the David’s house line, and was the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ.  St. Anne was born in Bethlehem, and her husband was born in Nazareth. 

She like her husband St. Joachim has very little written about them.  All of our information concerning the name of St. Anne as the Mother of Mary is derived from the apocryphal literature, the Gospel of the Nativity of Mary of St. James.  This writing goes back to about AD, and was strongest in the Eastern, Orient church.  The fathers of the church rejected it until the 13^th century, and from that time on; the story of St. Anne became one of the most popular saints of the Latin Church.  

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Our Patron Saint

Sainte Anne was born in Bethlehem and married Joachim from Nazareth in Galilee. Joachim was a shepherd given the task of supplying the temple of Jerusalem with sheep for sacrifices.

After 20 years of marriage Anne and Joachim had no children. Once, when Joachim overheard ridicule because of their childless state, he is said to have gone into the desert to plead with God to give them a child. After a time of fasting an angel appeared to assure Joachim he and Anne would be given a child they were to name Mary and dedicate to God.

In the meantime Saint Anne wondered where her husband had gone and in her despair at having been barren she prayed while she watched newborn birds in their nests in her garden. She cried out, “Why was I born, Lord?” That is when angel appeared to tell her she would soon give birth to a daughter she was to name Mary. The story continues with Anne and Joachim’s joyous reunion at the golden gate of Jerusalem.

After her birth Anne and Joachim