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Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Saint Joachim Date Artist And Location Unknown Photographed By Dorothée Quennesson On 20 December 2019 Image
Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Saint Joachim Date Artist And Location Unknown Photographed By Dorothée Quennesson On 20 December 2019 Image

Saint Joachim

Also known as: Gioacchino; Heli

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

July 26

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Saint Joachim, also known as Gioacchino and Heli, was the husband of Saint Anne and the elderly father of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Born in Galilee, Joachim is believed to have come from a well-off background. While he is not mentioned in historical or canonical writings, most of the information we have about him comes from the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James....

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