# Saint Anne

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Mother of Mary in Christian tradition

For the figure of Luke 2, see [Anna the Prophetess](/source/Anna_the_Prophetess). For other uses, see [Saint Anne (disambiguation)](/source/Saint_Anne_(disambiguation)).

Saint Anne Greek icon of Saint Anne with the Virgin, by Angelos Akotantos (c. 1420–1450) Mother of the Virgin, Maternal Heroine Woman of Amram Born Before c. 49 BC Bethlehem, Hasmonean Judea Died After c. 4 AD Venerated in Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheranism Islam Afro-American religions Canonized Pre-Congregation Major shrine Apt Cathedral, Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray, Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Feast Catholic Church: 26 July[1] Eastern Orthodox Church: 9 September[2] 25 July Attributes Book; door; with Mary, Jesus or Joachim; woman dressed in red or green[3] Patronage Mothers grandparents pregnant women children unmarried people teachers carpenters child care providers seamstresses lacemakers secondhand-clothes dealers equestrians stablemen miners lost things loving homes poverty sterility Brittany Canada Detroit Taguig Triana, Seville Hagonoy, Bulacan Barili, Cebu Molo, Iloilo City Kurunegala Catholic Diocese, Sri Lanka Fasnia, Tenerife Mainar Marsaskala Carmelites

According to [Christian](/source/Christianity) tradition, **Saint Anne** (also known as **Ann** or **Anna**) was the mother of [Mary](/source/Mary%2C_mother_of_Jesus), the wife of [Joachim](/source/Joachim) and the maternal grandmother of [Jesus](/source/Jesus). Mary's mother is not named in the Bible's [canonical gospels](/source/Gospel#Canonical_gospels). In writing, Ann's name and that of her husband [Joachim](/source/Joachim) come from [New Testament apocrypha](/source/New_Testament_apocrypha), of which the [Gospel of James](/source/Gospel_of_James) (written perhaps around 150 AD) seems to be the earliest that mentions them. The mother of Mary is mentioned but not named in the [Quran](/source/Quran).

## Christian tradition

The story is similar to that of [Samuel](/source/Samuel), whose mother [Hannah](/source/Hannah_(biblical_figure)) ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): חַנָּה‎ *Ḥannāh* "favour, grace"; etymologically the same name as Anne) had also been childless. The [Immaculate Conception](/source/Immaculate_Conception) was eventually made dogma by the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church) following an increased devotion to Anne in the twelfth century.[4] Dedications to Anne in [Eastern Christianity](/source/Eastern_Christianity) occur as early as the sixth century.[5] In the [Eastern Orthodox tradition](/source/Eastern_Orthodox_Church), Anne and [Joachim](/source/Joachim) are ascribed the title *Ancestors of God*,[6] and both the [Nativity of Mary](/source/Nativity_of_Mary) and the [Presentation of Mary](/source/Presentation_of_Mary) are celebrated as two of the twelve [Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church](/source/Great_Feasts_of_the_Orthodox_Church). The [Dormition of Anne](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dormition) is also a minor feast in Eastern Christianity. In [Lutheran](/source/Lutheran) [Protestantism](/source/Protestantism), it is held that [Martin Luther](/source/Martin_Luther) chose to enter religious life as an [Augustinian friar](/source/Augustinians) after invoking St. Anne while endangered by lightning.[7]

[Masolino](/source/Masolino_da_Panicale) and [Masaccio](/source/Masaccio), *[Virgin and Child with Saint Anne](/source/Virgin_and_Child_with_Saint_Anne_(Masaccio))* (c. 1424), [Uffizi](/source/Uffizi), [Florence](/source/Florence)

## Beliefs

Although the [canonical books of the New Testament](/source/Biblical_canon#Christian_canons) never mention the mother of the Virgin Mary, traditions about her family, childhood, education, and eventual betrothal to Joseph developed very early in the history of the church. The oldest and most influential source for these is the apocryphal [Gospel of James](/source/Gospel_of_James), first written in [Koine Greek](/source/Koine_Greek) around the middle of the second century AD. In the West, the Gospel of James fell under a cloud in the fourth and fifth centuries when it was accused of "absurdities" by [Jerome](/source/Jerome) and condemned as untrustworthy by [Pope Damasus I](/source/Pope_Damasus_I), [Pope Innocent I](/source/Pope_Innocent_I), and [Pope Gelasius I](/source/Pope_Gelasius_I).[8] However, despite having been condemned by the Church, it was taken over almost *in toto* by another apocryphal work, the [Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew](/source/Gospel_of_Pseudo-Matthew), which popularised most of its stories.[9]

Ancient belief, attested to by a sermon of [John of Damascus](/source/John_of_Damascus), was that Anne married once.[10] The sister of Saint Anne was [Sobe](/source/Sobe_(sister_of_Saint_Anne)), mother of [Elizabeth](/source/Elizabeth_(biblical_figure)). In the fifteenth century, the Catholic cleric [Johann Eck](/source/Johann_Eck) related in a sermon that St Anne's parents were named Stollanus and [Emerentia](/source/Emerentia). [Frederick George Holweck](/source/Frederick_George_Holweck), writing in the *[Catholic Encyclopedia](/source/Catholic_Encyclopedia)* (1907) regards this genealogy as spurious.[11]

In the 4th century and then much later in the fifteenth century, a belief arose that Mary was conceived of Anne without [original sin](/source/Original_sin). This belief in the [Immaculate Conception](/source/Immaculate_Conception) states that God preserved Mary's body and soul intact and sinless from her first moment of existence, through the merits of Jesus Christ.[12] The Immaculate Conception, often confused with the [Annunciation](/source/Annunciation) of the [Incarnation](/source/Incarnation_(Christianity)) (Mary's virgin birth of Jesus), was defined [dogma](/source/Dogma_in_the_Catholic_Church) in the Catholic church by [Pope Pius IX](/source/Pope_Pius_IX)'s [papal bull](/source/Papal_bull), [*Ineffabilis* *Deus*](/source/Ineffabilis_Deus), in 1854. The 13th century *[Speculum Maius](/source/Speculum_Maius)* of [Vincent of Beauvais](/source/Vincent_of_Beauvais) incorporates information regarding the life of Saint Anne from an earlier work by [Hrotsvitha](/source/Hrotsvitha) of Gandersheim Abbey.[13]

## Veneration

*Birth of St. Anne*, by [Adriaen van Overbeke](/source/Adriaen_van_Overbeke) (c. 1521–1525)

In the Eastern church, the [veneration](/source/Veneration#Christianity) of Anne herself may go back as far as c. 550, when [Justinian](/source/Justinian) built a church in [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople) in her honour.[14] The earliest pictorial sign of her veneration in the West is an eighth-century fresco in the church of [Santa Maria Antiqua](/source/Santa_Maria_Antiqua), Rome.[8] The [Feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary](/source/Feast_of_the_Conception_of_the_Virgin_Mary) had reached southern Italy by the ninth century. In the Latin Church St. Anne was not venerated, except, perhaps, in the south of France, before the thirteenth century.[12] A shrine at Douai, in northern France, was one of the early centres of devotion to St. Anne in the West.[15]

The *[Anna Selbdritt](/source/Virgin_and_Child_with_Saint_Anne)* was a type of iconography depicting the three generations of Saint Anne, Mary, and the child Jesus. Emphasizing the humanity of Jesus, it drew on the earlier conventions of the [Seat of Wisdom](/source/Seat_of_Wisdom), and was popular in northern Germany in the 1500s.[16] During the High Middle Ages, Saint Anne became increasingly identified as a maritime saint, protecting sailors and fisherman, and invoked against storms.[17]

Two well-known shrines to St. Anne are that of [Ste-Anne-d'Auray](/source/Sainte-Anne-d'Auray) in Brittany, France; and that of [Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré](/source/Basilica_of_Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupr%C3%A9) near the city of Québec. The number of visitors to the Basilica of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré is greatest on St Anne's Feast Day, 26 July, and the Sunday before the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, 8 September. In 1892, Pope Leo XIII sent a relic of St Anne to the church.[17]

In the [Maltese language](/source/Maltese_language), the [Milky Way](/source/Milky_Way) galaxy is called *It-Triq ta' Sant'Anna*, literally "The Way of St. Anne".[18] In the United States, the [Daughters of the Holy Spirit](/source/Daughters_of_the_Holy_Spirit) named the former [Annhurst College](/source/Annhurst_College) in her honor.[19]

Church of St. Anne in [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem), c. 1140

Feast of Saint Anne in [Marsaskala Parish Church](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marsaskala_Parish_Church&action=edit&redlink=1) [[fr](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Sainte-Anne_de_Marsaskala)], [Malta](/source/Malta)

## Commemoration

By the middle of the 7th century, a distinct feast day, the Conception of St. Anne (Maternity of Holy Anna) celebrating the conception of Mary by Saint Anne, was observed at the [Monastery of Saint Sabas](/source/Mar_Saba).[20] It is now known in the Greek Orthodox Church as the feast of "[The Conception by St. Anne of the Most Holy Theotokos](/source/Feast_of_the_Conception_of_the_Virgin_Mary)", and celebrated on 9 December.[21] In the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church), the Feast of Saints Anne and Joachim is celebrated on 26 July.

### Feast Day

#### Catholic Church

- 26 July

#### Eastern Orthodox Church

- 25 July: ([Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos](/source/Death_anniversary))

- 9 September: ([Holy and Righteous](/source/List_of_Eastern_Orthodox_saint_titles) [Ancestors of God](/source/Ancestor), [Joachim](/source/Joachim) and Anna, [Afterfeast](/source/Afterfeast) of the [Nativity of the Mother of God](/source/Nativity_of_the_Mother_of_God))

- 9 December ([The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God](/source/Feast_of_the_Conception_of_the_Virgin_Mary))

#### Anglican Communion

- 26 July: Anne is [remembered](/source/Calendar_of_saints_(Church_of_England)) (with [Joachim](/source/Joachim)) in the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) with a [Lesser Festival](/source/Lesser_Festival_(Anglicanism)) on 26 July.[22]

#### Lutheranism

- 26 July

#### Coptic Orthodox Church and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

- 7 November ([The Departure of St. Anna (Hannah)](/source/Death_anniversary), [the mother of the Theotokos](/source/Theotokos))[23]

#### Armenian Apostolic Church

- 9 December ([The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God](/source/Feast_of_the_Conception_of_the_Virgin_Mary))

- Tuesday, 2nd week after [Dormition of the Mother of God](/source/Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God)[24] (with [Joachim](/source/Joachim))[23]

#### Syro-Malabar Church

- 26 July (Anne and [Joachim](/source/Joachim))[25]

#### Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

- 9 September (Mar [Joachim](/source/Joachim) and Martha Anna)[26]

#### Maronite Church

- 9 September (St. Anne and [Joachim](/source/Joachim), [Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary](/source/Mary%2C_mother_of_Jesus))[27]

St. Anne's Shrine, with the [reliquary](/source/Reliquary) of her skull, Annakirche, [Düren](/source/D%C3%BCren)

### Relics

The alleged relics of St. Anne were brought from the [Holy Land](/source/Holy_Land) to [Constantinople](/source/Constantinople) in 710 and were kept there in the church of St. Sophia as late as 1333.[12] During the 12th and 13th centuries, returning crusaders and pilgrims from the East brought relics of Anne to a number of churches, including most famously those at Apt, in Provence, Ghent, and Chartres.[8] St. Anne's relics have been preserved and venerated in the many cathedrals and monasteries dedicated to her name, for example in [Austria](/source/St._Anne's_Church%2C_Vienna), Canada,[28] Germany, Italy,[29] and Greece in the semi-autonomous [Mount Athos](/source/Mount_Athos), and the city of Katerini.[30] Medieval and baroque craftsmanship is evidenced in, for example, the metalwork of the life-size reliquaries containing the bones of her forearm. Examples employing folk art techniques are also known. [Düren](/source/D%C3%BCren) has been the main place of pilgrimage for Anne since 1506, when [Pope Julius II](/source/Pope_Julius_II) decreed that her relics should be kept there, after they were stolen from the church of [St. Stephen](/source/St._Stephan%2C_Mainz) in [Mainz](/source/Mainz).

[Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré](/source/Basilica_of_Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupr%C3%A9), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), Canada

## Patronage

The Church of Saint Anne in [Beit Guvrin National Park](/source/Beit_Guvrin_National_Park) was built by the [Byzantines](/source/Byzantine_Greeks) and the [Crusaders](/source/Crusades) in the 12th century, known in Arabic as Khirbet (lit. 'ruin') Sandahanna, the mound of Maresha being called Tell Sandahanna. Saint Anne is the patroness of unmarried women, housewives, women in labour or who want to be pregnant, grandmothers, mothers and educators. She is also a patroness of horseback riders, cabinet-makers[15] and miners. As the mother of Mary, this devotion to Saint Anne as the patron of miners arises from the medieval comparison between Mary and Christ and the precious metals silver and gold. Anne's womb was considered the source from which these precious metals were mined.[31]

Saint Anne is the [patron saint](/source/Patron_saint) of [Goiás](/source/Goi%C3%A1s) ([Brazil](/source/Brazil))[32], [Anahy](/source/Anahy), [Castro](/source/Castro%2C_Paran%C3%A1), [Laranjeiras do Sul](/source/Laranjeiras_do_Sul), [Paulo Frontin](/source/Paulo_Frontin), [Pitanga](/source/Pitanga%2C_Paran%C3%A1), [Ponta Grossa](/source/Ponta_Grossa), Santana do Iapó, [Santana do Itararé](/source/Santana_do_Itarar%C3%A9) ([Paraná](/source/Paran%C3%A1_(state)), Brazil) [33], [Analândia](/source/Anal%C3%A2ndia), [Areias](/source/Areias%2C_S%C3%A3o_Paulo), [Botucatu](/source/Botucatu), [Herculândia](/source/Hercul%C3%A2ndia), [Iporanga](/source/Iporanga), [Ipuã](/source/Ipu%C3%A3), [Itapeva](/source/Itapeva%2C_S%C3%A3o_Paulo), [Itapirapuã Paulista](/source/Itapirapu%C3%A3_Paulista), [Mogi das Cruzes](/source/Mogi_das_Cruzes), [Pedreira](/source/Pedreira%2C_S%C3%A3o_Paulo), [Pedro de Toledo](/source/Pedro_de_Toledo%2C_S%C3%A3o_Paulo), [Roseira](/source/Roseira), [Santana da Ponte Pensa](/source/Santana_da_Ponte_Pensa), [Santana de Parnaíba](/source/Santana_de_Parna%C3%ADba), [Sumaré](/source/Sumar%C3%A9), [Trabiju](/source/Trabiju), [Vargem Grande do Sul](/source/Vargem_Grande_do_Sul), [Vinhedo](/source/Vinhedo) ([São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_(state)), Brazil) [34], the [Mi'kmaq](/source/Mi'kmaq) people, [Quebec](/source/Quebec) ([Canada](/source/Canada)), [Cuenca](/source/Cuenca%2C_Ecuador) ([Ecuador](/source/Ecuador)), [Santa Ana](/source/Santa_Ana%2C_El_Salvador), [Jucuarán](/source/Jucuar%C3%A1n) ([El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador)), [Brittany](/source/Brittany) ([France](/source/France)), [Castelbuono](/source/Castelbuono) ([Italy](/source/Italy)), [Bukit Mertajam](/source/Bukit_Mertajam), [Port Klang](/source/Port_Klang) ([Malaysia](/source/Malaysia)), [Chinandega](/source/Chinandega) ([Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua)), [Town of Sta Ana Province of Pampanga](/source/Santa_Ana%2C_Pampanga), [Molo, Iloilo City](/source/Molo%2C_Iloilo_City), [Balasan, Iloilo](/source/Balasan), [Hagonoy](/source/Hagonoy%2C_Bulacan), Santa Ana, [Taguig City](/source/Taguig_City), [Saint Anne Shrine](/source/Saint_Anne_Parish_and_Diocesan_Shrine_(Malicboy)), Malicboy, [Pagbilao](/source/Pagbilao), [Quezon](/source/Quezon) and [Malinao, Albay](/source/Malinao%2C_Albay) ([Philippines](/source/Philippines)), [Adjuntas](/source/Adjuntas%2C_Puerto_Rico) ([Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)), Sainte Anne Island, [Baie Sainte Anne](/source/Baie_Sainte_Anne) and [Praslin Island](/source/Praslin_Island) ([Seychelles](/source/Seychelles)), Kľúčové ([Slovakia](/source/Slovakia)) [Chiclana de la Frontera](/source/Chiclana_de_la_Frontera), [Marsaskala](/source/Marsaskala), [Tudela](/source/Tudela%2C_Navarre), [Atarfe](/source/Atarfe) and [Fasnia](/source/Fasnia) ([Spain](/source/Spain)), [Santa Ana](/source/Santa_Ana%2C_California) ([California](/source/California)), [Norwich](/source/Norwich%2C_Connecticut) ([Connecticut](/source/Connecticut)), [Saint Anne](/source/Saint_Anne%2C_Illinois) ([Illinois](/source/Illinois)), [Detroit](/source/Detroit%2C_Michigan) ([Michigan](/source/Michigan))[35], [Berlin](/source/Berlin%2C_New_Hampshire) ([New Hampshire](/source/New_Hampshire)), [Santa Ana Pueblo](/source/Santa_Ana_Pueblo), [Seama](/source/Seama%2C_New_Mexico), [Taos](/source/Taos%2C_New_Mexico) ([New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico)), and [South Vietnam](/source/South_Vietnam). The [parish church](/source/Parish_church) of [Vatican City](/source/Vatican_City) is [Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri](/source/Sant'Anna_dei_Palafrenieri). There is a shrine dedicated to Saint Anne in the Woods in [Bristol](/source/Bristol), United Kingdom.

## In art

### Iconography

The subject of Joachim and Anne *[The Meeting at the Golden Gate](/source/Joachim_and_Anne_Meeting_at_the_Golden_Gate)* was a regular component of artistic cycles of the [Life of the Virgin](/source/Life_of_the_Virgin). The couple meet at the [Golden Gate](/source/Golden_Gate_(Jerusalem)) of [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem) and embrace. They are aware of Anne's pregnancy, of which they have been separately informed by an archangel. This moment stood for the conception of Mary, and the feast was celebrated on the same day as the [Immaculate Conception](/source/Immaculate_Conception). Artworks representing the Golden Gate and the events leading up to it were influenced by the narrative in the widely read *Golden Legend* of Jacobus de Voragine. The [Birth of Mary](/source/Nativity_of_Mary), the [Presentation of Mary](/source/Presentation_of_Mary) and the [Marriage of the Virgin](/source/Marriage_of_the_Virgin) were usual components of cycles of the Life of the Virgin in which Anne is normally shown here. Her emblem is a door.[15] She is often portrayed wearing red and green, representing love and life.[3]

Anne is never shown as present at the [Nativity of Christ](/source/Nativity_of_Jesus_in_art) but is frequently shown with the infant Christ in various subjects. She is sometimes believed to be depicted in scenes of the [Presentation of Jesus at the Temple](/source/Presentation_of_Jesus_at_the_Temple) and the [Circumcision of Christ](/source/Circumcision_of_Christ), but in the former case, this likely reflects a misidentification through confusion with [Anna the Prophetess](/source/Anna_the_Prophetess). There was a tradition that Anne went (separately) to Egypt and rejoined the [Holy Family](/source/Holy_Family) after their [Flight to Egypt](/source/Flight_to_Egypt). Anne is not seen with the adult Christ, so was regarded as having died during the youth of Jesus.[36] Anne is also shown as the matriarch of the [Holy Kinship](/source/Holy_Kinship), the extended family of Jesus, a popular subject in late medieval Germany; some versions of these pictorial and sculptural depictions include [Emerentia](/source/Emerentia) who was reputed in the fifteenth century to be Anne's mother. In modern devotions, Anne and her husband are invoked for protection for the unborn.

*[Christ in the House of His Parents](/source/Christ_in_the_House_of_His_Parents)* by [John Everett Millais](/source/John_Everett_Millais), 1849–50

### Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

The role of the Messiah's grandparents in salvation history was commonly depicted in early medieval devotional art in a vertical double-Madonna arrangement known as the [Virgin and Child with Saint Anne](/source/Virgin_and_Child_with_Saint_Anne), and developed into less hierarchical compositions. The painted or sculpted group is called in Italian *Metterza*, in French *Sainte Anne trinitaire*, and in German *Anna selbdritt*. Another typical subject has Anne teaching the Virgin Mary the scriptures.

### *Christ in the House of His Parents*

In [John Everett Millais](/source/John_Everett_Millais)'s 1849–50 work, *[Christ in the House of His Parents](/source/Christ_in_the_House_of_His_Parents)*, Anne is shown in her son-in-law [Joseph's](/source/Saint_Joseph) carpentry shop. Her daughter [Mary](/source/Mary%2C_Mother_of_Jesus), and Joseph are caring for a young Jesus who had cut his hand on a nail, prefiguring the wounds of his [Crucifixion](/source/Crucifixion_of_Jesus). The coeval [John the Baptist](/source/John_the_Baptist) carries a bowl of water to clean the injured hand of Jesus, also prefiguring the [Baptism of Jesus](/source/Baptism_of_Jesus).

## In Islam

Anne ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): حنة بنت فاقوذ, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Arabic): **Ḥannah bint Faḳūdh**) is also revered in [Islam](/source/Islam), recognized as a highly spiritual woman and as the mother of Mary. [She is not named in the Quran](/source/Women_in_the_Quran), where she is referred to as "the wife of Imran". The Quran describes her remaining childless until her old age. One day, Anne saw a bird feeding its young while sitting in the shade of a tree, which awakened her desire to have children of her own. She prayed for a child and eventually conceived; her husband, [Imran](/source/Joachim#In_Islam), died before the child was born. Expecting the child to be male, Anne vowed to dedicate him to isolation and service in the [Second Temple](/source/Second_Temple);[N 1][37][38] however, Anne bore a daughter instead, and named her Mary. Her words upon delivering Mary reflect her status as a great [mystic](/source/Mysticism), realising that while she had wanted a son, this daughter was God's gift to her:[37][38]

When she delivered, she said, "My Lord! I have given birth to a girl," —and Allah fully knew what she had delivered—" and the male is not like the female. I have named her Mary, and I seek Your protection for her and her offspring from Satan, the accursed." So her Lord accepted her graciously and blessed her with a pleasant upbringing—entrusting her to the care of Zachariah...

— [Surah Al Imran](/source/Al_Imran) [3:36-37](https://quran.com/3?startingVerse=36)

## Gallery

	- Various depictions of Saint Anne

		- *Adoration of the Magi,* with (supposedly) St. Anne in the center (5th ct.), [Santa Maria Maggiore](/source/Santa_Maria_Maggiore), Rome

		- [Coptic](/source/Coptic_Orthodox_Church) *[Saint Anne](/source/Saint_Anne_(wall_painting))* from [Faras](/source/Faras), [Nubia](/source/Nubia) (8th century), [National Museum](/source/National_Museum%2C_Warsaw) in [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw)

		- *Annunciation to Anne,* [mosaic](/source/Mosaic) (11th ct), [Chora Church](/source/Chora_Church), Istanbul

		- [Eastern Orthodox](/source/Eastern_Orthodoxy) church [la Martorana](/source/Church_of_Santa_Maria_dell'Ammiraglio) (12th ct.), Palermo, Sicily

		- [Late Gothic](/source/International_Gothic) [Relief](/source/Relief) bust of crowned St. Anne (as [spolia](/source/Spolia) in the rebuilt) Annakirche, [Düren](/source/D%C3%BCren), Germany

		- *Legends of St. Anne* (15th ct.), altar of St. Anne, cloister of the [Carmelites](/source/Carmelites), [Frankfurt](/source/Frankfurt)

		- Book of [Hours of Étienne Chevalier](/source/Hours_of_%C3%89tienne_Chevalier), illuminated by [Jean Fouquet](/source/Jean_Fouquet) (late 15th ct.), [Bibliothèque nationale de France](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_de_France), Paris

		- *[The Line of Saint Anne](/source/The_Line_of_Saint_Anne)*, [Gérard David](/source/G%C3%A9rard_David) (c. 1500), [Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts_de_Lyon)

		- *The Holy Kinship* (early 16th ct.), Liebfrauenkirche [Oberwesel](/source/Oberwesel), Germany

		- *The Holy Family with St. Anne and St. John* by [El Greco](/source/El_Greco) (c. 1600), [Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer](/source/Biblioteca_Museu_V%C3%ADctor_Balaguer), Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona)

		- *Saint Anne*, [James Tissot](/source/James_Tissot) (late 19th ct.), [Brooklyn Museum](/source/Brooklyn_Museum), New York

	- [The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne](/source/Virgin_and_Child_with_Saint_Anne)

		- French [polychromed](/source/Polychrome) wood sculpture (late 14th century), [Bargello](/source/Bargello), Florence

		- [Hans Memling](/source/Hans_Memling), reverse of *Munich Diptych* (1480), [Alte Pinakothek](/source/Alte_Pinakothek), Munich

		- *Anna selbdritt* (1500), St. Nicholas, [Gundelsheim](/source/Gundelsheim%2C_Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg), Germany

		- [Leonardo da Vinci](/source/Leonardo_da_Vinci)'s *[Virgin and Child with Saint Anne](/source/The_Virgin_and_Child_with_Saint_Anne_(Leonardo))* (c. 1501–19), [Louvre](/source/Louvre), Paris

		- [Cartouche](/source/Cartouche_(design)) with the Virgin and Child and Saint Anne by [Daniel Seghers](/source/Daniel_Seghers) (c. 1590–1661), [Dulwich Picture Gallery](/source/Dulwich_Picture_Gallery), London

	- The Education of the Virgin

		- [Guido Reni](/source/Guido_Reni) (1640–1642)

		- [Jean Jouvenet](/source/Jean_Jouvenet) (1700)

		- [Josef Winterhalder the Younger](/source/Josef_Winterhalder_the_Younger) (1766)

		- [Eugène Delacroix](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix) (1842)

		- [Iglesia del Salvador](/source/Church_of_San_Salvador_(Seville)), Seville

		- Panel of a [beehive](/source/Beehive) decorated with St. Anne flanked by flowers, [folk art](/source/Folk_art) of [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia) (1842)

## Music

- [Marc-Antoine Charpentier](/source/Marc-Antoine_Charpentier) composed two *motets*: - *Pour Ste Anne*, H.315, for two voices and continuo (around 1675) - *Canticum Annae*, H.325, for three voices, two treble instruments, and continuo (around 1680).

## See also

- [Catholic Church portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Catholic_Church)

- [Church of Saint Anne, Jerusalem](/source/Church_of_Saint_Anne%2C_Jerusalem) – Church in East Jerusalem

- [Church of St. Ann (disambiguation)](/source/Church_of_St._Ann_(disambiguation))

- [Feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary](/source/Feast_of_the_Conception_of_the_Virgin_Mary) – Liturgical holiday

- [Molo Church](/source/Molo_Church) – Roman Catholic church in Iloilo City, Philippines

- [Molo, Iloilo City](/source/Molo%2C_Iloilo_City) – District of Iloilo City, Philippines

- [Statue of Saint Anne, Charles Bridge](/source/Statue_of_Saint_Anne%2C_Charles_Bridge) – Statue in Prague, Czech Republic

- [St Anne's College, Oxford](/source/St_Anne's_College%2C_Oxford) – College of Oxford University, England

- [The Line of Saint Anne](/source/The_Line_of_Saint_Anne) – Painting by Gerard David

- [Virgin and Child with Saint Anne](/source/Virgin_and_Child_with_Saint_Anne) – Subject in Christian art

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-37)** "O my Lord! I do dedicate into Thee what is in my womb for Thy special service: So accept this of me: For Thou hearest and knowest all things." (Quran 3:35).

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- [Brief Franciscan Media article on "Sts. Joachim and Ann"](https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saints-joachim-and-anne/)

- ["Saint Anne"](http://www.christianiconography.info/anne.html) at the [Christian Iconography](http://www.christianiconography.info) website

- ["Here Followeth the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady"](http://www.christianiconography.info/goldenLegend/maryNativity.htm) from the Caxton translation of the Golden Legend

- [The Protevangelium of James](http://www.christianiconography.info/protevangelium.htm)

- [The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew](http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf08.vii.v.i.html)

- [Reames, Sherry L. ed.,"Legends of St. Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary: Introduction", *Middle English Legends of Women Saints*, Medieval Institute Publications, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2003](http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/44sr.htm)

- [Welsh, Jennifer. *The Cult of St. Anne in Medieval and Early Modern Europe*. Routledge, 2017.](https://www.routledge.com/The-Cult-of-St-Anne-in-Medieval-and-Early-Modern-Europe/Welsh/p/book/9781138690080)

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Implied Irmiyā (Jeremiah) Ṣamūʾīl (Samuel) Yūshaʿ ibn Nūn (Joshua, companion and successor of Moses) People of Prophets Good ones Adam's immediate relatives Martyred son Wife Believer of Ya-Sin Family of Noah Father Lamech Mother Shamkhah bint Anush or Betenos Luqman's son People of Abraham Mother Abiona or Amtelai the daughter of Karnebo Ishmael's mother Isaac's mother People of Jesus Disciples (including Peter) Mary's mother Zechariah's wife People of Solomon Mother Queen of Sheba Vizier Zayd (Muhammad's adopted son) People of Joseph Brothers (including Binyāmin (Benjamin) and Simeon) Egyptians ʿAzīz (Potiphar, Qatafir or Qittin) Malik (King Ar-Rayyān ibn Al-Walīd)) Wife of ʿAzīz (Zulaykhah) Mother People of Aaron and Moses Egyptians Believer (Hizbil or Hizqil ibn Sabura) Imraʾat Firʿawn (Āsiyá bint Muzāḥim the Wife of Pharaoh, who adopted Moses) Magicians of the Pharaoh Wise, pious man Moses' wife Moses' sister-in-law Mother Sister Evil ones Āzar (possibly Terah) Firʿawn (Pharaoh of Moses' time) Hāmān Jālūt (Goliath) Qārūn (Korah, cousin of Moses) As-Sāmirī Abū Lahab Slayers of Ṣāliḥ's she-camel (Qaddar ibn Salif and Musda' ibn Dahr) Implied or not specified Abraha Abu Bakr Bal'am/Balaam Barṣīṣā Caleb or Kaleb the companion of Joshua Luqman's son Nebuchadnezzar II Nimrod Rahmah the wife of Ayyub Shaddad Groups Mentioned Aṣḥāb al-Jannah People of Paradise People of the Burnt Garden Aṣḥāb as-Sabt (Companions of the Sabbath) Jesus' apostles Ḥawāriyyūn (Disciples of Jesus) Companions of Noah's Ark Aṣḥāb al-Kahf war-Raqīm (Companions of the Cave and Al-Raqaim? Companions of the Elephant People of al-Ukhdūd People of a township in Surah Ya-Sin People of Yathrib or Medina Qawm Lūṭ (People of Sodom and Gomorrah) Nation of Noah Tribes, ethnicities or families ‘Ajam Ar-Rūm (literally 'The Romans') Banī Isrāʾīl (Children of Israel) Muʾtafikāt (Sodom and Gomorrah) People of Ibrahim People of Ilyas People of Nuh People of Shuaib Ahl Madyan People of Madyan) Aṣḥāb al-Aykah ('Companions of the Wood') Qawm Yūnus (People of Jonah) Ya'juj and Ma'juj/Gog and Magog People of Fir'aun Current Ummah of Islam (Ummah of Muhammad) Aṣḥāb Muḥammad (Companions of Muhammad) Anṣār (literally 'Helpers') Muhajirun (Emigrants from Mecca to Medina) People of Mecca Wife of Abu Lahab Children of Ayyub Sons of Adam Wife of Nuh Wife of Lut Yaʾjūj wa Maʾjūj (Gog and Magog) Son of Nuh Aʿrāb (Arabs or Bedouins) ʿĀd (people of Hud) Companions of the Rass Qawm Tubbaʿ (People of Tubba) People of Sabaʾ or Sheba Quraysh Thamūd (people of Ṣāliḥ) Aṣḥāb al-Ḥijr ('Companions of the Stoneland') Ahl al-Bayt ('People of the Household') Household of Abraham Brothers of Yūsuf Lot's daughters Progeny of Imran Household of Moses Household of Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim Daughters of Muhammad Muhammad's wives Household of Salih Implicitly mentioned Amalek Ahl as-Suffa (People of the Verandah) Banu Nadir Banu Qaynuqa Banu Qurayza Iranian people Umayyad Dynasty Aus and Khazraj People of Quba Religious groups Ahl al-Dhimmah Kāfirūn disbelievers Majūs Zoroastrians Munāfiqūn (Hypocrites) Muslims Believers Ahl al-Kitāb (People of the Book) Naṣārā (Christian(s) or People of the Injil) Ruhban (Christian monks) Qissis (Christian priest) Yahūd (Jews) Ahbār (Jewish scholars) Rabbani/Rabbi Sabians Polytheists Meccan polytheists at the time of Muhammad Mesopotamian polytheists at the time of Abraham and Lot Locations Mentioned Al-Arḍ Al-Muqaddasah ('The Holy Land') 'Blessed' Land' Al-Jannah (Paradise, literally 'The Garden') Jahannam (Hell) Door of Hittah Madyan (Midian) Majmaʿ al-Baḥrayn Miṣr (Mainland Egypt) Salsabīl (A river in Paradise) In the Arabian Peninsula (excluding Madyan) Al-Aḥqāf ('The Sandy Plains,' or 'the Wind-curved Sand-hills') Iram dhāt al-ʿImād (Iram of the Pillars) Al-Madīnah (formerly Yathrib) ʿArafāt and Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām (Muzdalifah) Al-Ḥijr (Hegra) Badr Ḥunayn Makkah (Mecca) Bakkah Ḥaraman Āminan ('Sanctuary (which is) Secure') Kaʿbah (Kaaba) Maqām Ibrāhīm (Station of Abraham) Safa and Marwa Sabaʾ (Sheba) ʿArim Sabaʾ (Dam of Sheba) Rass Sinai Region or Tīh Desert Al-Wād Al-Muqaddas Ṭuwan (The Holy Valley of Tuwa) Al-Wādil-Ayman (The valley on the 'righthand' side of the Valley of Tuwa and Mount Sinai) Al-Buqʿah Al-Mubārakah ('The Blessed Place') Mount Sinai or Mount Tabor In Mesopotamia Al-Jūdiyy Munzalanm-Mubārakan ('Place-of-Landing Blessed') Bābil (Babylon) Qaryat Yūnus ('Township of Jonah,' that is Nineveh) Religious locations Bayʿa (Church) Miḥrāb Monastery Masjid (Mosque, literally 'Place of Prostration') Al-Mashʿar Al-Ḥarām ('The Sacred Grove') Al-Masjid Al-Aqṣā (Al-Aqsa, literally 'The Farthest Place-of-Prostration') Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām (The Sacred Mosque of Mecca) Masjid al-Dirar A Mosque in the area of Medina, possibly: Masjid Qubāʾ (Quba Mosque) The Prophet's Mosque Salat (Synagogue) Implied Antioch Antakya Arabia Al-Ḥijāz (literally 'The Barrier') Al-Ḥajar al-Aswad (Black Stone) & Al-Hijr of Isma'il Cave of Hira Ghār ath-Thawr (Cave of the Bull) Hudaybiyyah Ta'if Ayla Barrier of Dhu'l-Qarnayn Bayt al-Muqaddas & 'Ariha Bilād ar-Rāfidayn (Mesopotamia) Canaan Cave of Seven Sleepers Dār an-Nadwa Jordan River Nile River Palestine River Paradise of Shaddad Events, incidents, occasions or times Incident of Ifk Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Decree) Event of Mubahala Sayl al-ʿArim (Flood of the Great Dam of Ma'rib in Sheba) The Farewell Pilgrimage Treaty of Hudaybiyyah Battles or military expeditions Battle of al-Aḥzāb ('the Confederates') Battle of Badr Battle of Hunayn Battle of Khaybar Battle of Uhud Expedition of Tabuk Conquest of Mecca Days Al-Jumuʿah (The Friday) As-Sabt (The Sabbath or Saturday) Days of battles Days of Hajj Doomsday Months of the Islamic calendar 12 months Ash-Shahr Al-Ḥarām (The Sacred or Forbidden Months: Dhu'l-Qa'da Dhu'l-Hijja Muharram Rajab) Ramadan Pilgrimages Al-Ḥajj (literally 'The Pilgrimage', the Greater Pilgrimage) Al-ʿUmrah (The Lesser Pilgrimage) Times for prayer or remembrance Times for Duʿāʾ ('Invocation'), Ṣalāh and Dhikr ('Remembrance', including Taḥmīd ('Praising'), Takbīr and Tasbīḥ): Al-ʿAshiyy (The Afternoon or the Night) Al-Ghuduww ('The Mornings') Al-Bukrah ('The Morning') Aṣ-Ṣabāḥ ('The Morning') Al-Layl ('The Night') Al-ʿIshāʾ ('The Late-Night') Aẓ-Ẓuhr ('The Noon') Dulūk ash-Shams ('Decline of the Sun') Al-Masāʾ ('The Evening') Qabl al-Ghurūb ('Before the Setting (of the Sun)') Al-Aṣīl ('The Afternoon') Al-ʿAṣr ('The Afternoon') Qabl ṭulūʿ ash-Shams ('Before the rising of the Sun') Al-Fajr ('The Dawn') Implied Ghadir Khumm Laylat al-Mabit First Pilgrimage Other Holy books Al-Injīl (The Gospel of Jesus) Al-Qurʾān (The Book of Muhammad) Ṣuḥuf-i Ibrāhīm (Scroll(s) of Abraham) At-Tawrāt (The Torah) Ṣuḥuf-i-Mūsā (Scroll(s) of Moses) Tablets of Stone Az-Zabūr (The Psalms of David) Umm al-Kitāb ('Mother of the Book(s)') Objects of people or beings Heavenly food of Jesus' apostles Noah's Ark Staff of Musa Tābūt as-Sakīnah (Casket of Shekhinah) Throne of Bilqis Trumpet of Israfil Mentioned idols (cult images) 'Ansāb Jibt and Ṭāghūt (False god) Of Israelites Baʿal The ʿijl (golden calf statue) of Israelites Of Noah's people Nasr Suwāʿ Wadd Yaghūth Yaʿūq Of Quraysh Al-Lāt Al-ʿUzzā Manāt Celestial bodies Maṣābīḥ (literally 'lamps'): Al-Qamar (The Moon) Kawākib (Planets) Al-Arḍ (The Earth) Nujūm (Stars) Ash-Shams (The Sun) Plant matter Baṣal (Onion) Fūm (Garlic or wheat) Shaṭʾ (Shoot) Sūq (Plant stem) Zarʿ (Seed) Fruits ʿAdas (Lentil) Baql (Herb) Qith-thāʾ (Cucumber) Rummān (Pomegranate) Tīn (Fig) Zaytūn (Olive) In Paradise Forbidden fruit of Adam Bushes, trees or plants Plants of Sheba Athl (Tamarisk) Sidr (Lote-tree) Līnah (Tender Palm tree) Nakhl (Date palm) Sidrat al-Muntahā Zaqqūm Liquids Māʾ (Water or fluid) Nahr (River) Yamm (River or sea) Sharāb (Drink) Note: Names are sorted alphabetically. Standard form: Islamic name / Biblical name (title or relationship)

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