Saint Anne
Grandmother of Jesus
Saint Anne is the traditional name for the mother of the Virgin Mary, venerated in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity though she appears nowhere in the Bible.
Her story comes from apocryphal texts.
Churches, schools, and places bear her name: the Basilica of Saint Anne, Saint Anne's parish.
Often shortened to St.
Anne.
The feast day falls on July 26.
Common feminine name
- grandmotherMother of a parent
- Holy FamilyChrist with his parents
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
Joachim · descendants · kinship · motherhood · matriarch · barrenness · conception · childbirth
Religious journey to shrine
- shrineSacred devotional place
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- novenaNine-day prayer practice
- rosaryBeaded prayer counter
litany · chaplet · feast day · candles · incense · prayers · intercession · devotion
Sacred devotional place
- basilicaColonnaded church with apse
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- chapelSmall worship room
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
relics · healing · miracles · procession · crutches · sanctuary
Works of doubtful authenticity
- Immaculate ConceptionDoctrine of Mary's sinless origin
- canonizationOfficial declaration of sainthood
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- traditionCustom passed through generations
iconography · miracles · beatification · ecclesiastical · liturgy · veneration · holiness · sacred tradition
Female parents collectively
- grandmothersFemale ancestors, twice removed
- childless couplesPartners without descendants
- minersOre extractors
- cabinetmakersCraftsmen building wooden furniture
seamstresses · lacemakers · housewives · protector · guardian · intercessor · advocate · helper
Mary
Common feminine name
- grandmotherMother of a parent
- Holy FamilyChrist with his parents
- lineageDescent from progenitors
Joachim · ancestry · descendants · kinship · motherhood · matriarch · barrenness · conception · childbirth · nurturing
pilgrimage
Religious journey to shrine
rosary · litany · chaplet · feast day · candles · incense · prayers · intercession · devotion · piety
shrine
Sacred devotional place
pilgrimage · relics · healing · miracles · procession · crutches · sanctuary
apocrypha
Works of doubtful authenticity
- Immaculate ConceptionDoctrine of Mary's sinless origin
- canonizationOfficial declaration of sainthood
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
tradition · iconography · miracles · beatification · ecclesiastical · liturgy · veneration · holiness · sacred tradition · church teaching
mothers
Female parents collectively
- grandmothersFemale ancestors, twice removed
- childless couplesPartners without descendants
- minersOre extractors
cabinetmakers · seamstresses · lacemakers · housewives · protector · guardian · intercessor · advocate · helper · Quebec
- Saint AnneJoachim
- LouvreMona Lisa, Venus de Milo, glass pyramid, Winged Victory, I. M. Pei
- religious figuresJesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Moses, Abraham
- SaintsJoan of Arc, Virgin Mary, Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II, Thomas More
- holy womenabbesses, Virgin Mary, female saints, holy women, nuns
- Breton folkloreCarnac, pardons, sunken city
Saint AnneSatan
Judeo-Christian arch-enemy of God
Lucifer · Beelzebub · demons · Judas Iscariot · Lilith
Saint AnneJudas Iscariot
Disciple who betrayed Christ
Herod the Great · King Herod · Pontius Pilate · Cain · Barabbas
saint, saintly, sanctity, sanctify, Hannah, Anne, sanctified, sainthood, Anna