Saint Anne

Saint Anne
Greek icon of Saint Anne with the Virgin, by Angelos Akotantos
Mother of the Virgin, Maternal Heroine, Woman of Amram
Born	before c. 49 BC Bethlehem, Hasmonean Judea
Died	after c. 4 AD
Venerated in	Orthodox Church Eastern Catholic Churches Roman Catholic Church Oriental Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Lutheranism Islam Afro-American religion
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Major shrine	Apt Cathedral, Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray, Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
Feast	26 July (Roman Catholic),[1] 9 September (Eastern Orthodox)[2]
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 apocrypha, as well as Christian and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary, the wife of Joachim and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the Bible's canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come only from New Testament apocrypha, of which the 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.