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26 July
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Mother of Our Lady. Grandmother of Jesus Christ. Wife of Saint Joachim. Probably well off. Tradition says that Anne was quite elderly when Mary was born, and that she was their only child. The belief that Anne remained a virgin in the conception and birth of Mary was condemned by the Vatican in 1677. Believed to have given Mary to the service of the Temple when the girl was three years old. Devotion to her has been popular in the East from the very early days of the Church; widespread devotion in the West began in the 16th century, but many shrines have developed since.
Canonized
cultus extended to the whole Church in 1584
Name Meaning
gracious one; grace (= Anne)
Patronage
 Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
 against poverty
 Boschi Sant'Anna, Italy
 Brittany, France
 broommakers
 cabinetmakers
 Canada
 carpenters
 Castelletto d'Erro, Italy
 childless people
 Corinaldo, Italy
 Detroit, Michigan, archdiocese of
 equestrians
 France
 grandmothers
 grandparents
 homemakers
 horse men
 horse women
 housewives
 lace makers
 lace workers
 lost articles
 Marsaskala, Malta
 Micmaqs
 miners
 Molo, Philippines
 mothers
 Norwich, Connecticut, diocese of
 Nueva Valencia, Philippines
 old-clothes dealers
 poverty
 pregnancy
 pregnant women
 Quebec, Canada
 Santa Ana Indian Pueblo
 riders
 San Joaquin, Philippines
 seamstresses
 stablemen
 sterility
 Taos, New Mexico
 turners
 women in labour