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Saint for a Minute
Saint for a Minute
Detail of An Engraving of Saint Anne Educating The Blessed Virgin Mary While Saint Joachim Watches Early 18Th Century By PierreImbert Drevet Wellcome Library London England
Detail of An Engraving of Saint Anne Educating The Blessed Virgin Mary While Saint Joachim Watches Early 18Th Century By PierreImbert Drevet Wellcome Library London England

Saint Anne

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

July 26

Canonized

devotion is Pre-Congregation

Biography

Saint Anne is widely recognized as the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus Christ. She was the wife of Saint Joachim and, according to tradition, they were a well-off couple. The belief that Anne remained a virgin in the conception and birth of Mary was condemned by the Vatican in 1677. It is believed that Anne gave Mary into the service of the Temple when the girl was three years old....