Saint Anne
The mother of Mary and the grandmother of Jesus, named in the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James rather than in the canonical Gospels. Her cult is ancient in the East and widespread in the West.
The feast is 26 July (with Joachim). She is not named in the canonical Gospels, and the corpus marks the difference between the tradition and the scriptural text.
Offerings
- Offerings
- White candlesFlowersBread
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneWarm and maternalAddressSaint AnneAnne the mother of MaryRelationshipGrandmother of the family
- Modern Practice
The folk practice is for mothers, grandmothers and fertility, and in some mining regions for protection underground. The corpus records the devotion and marks the apocryphal source of her name.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- MotherhoodGrandmotherhoodFertilityProtection of the family
- Mythology Summary
The mother of Mary and the grandmother of Jesus, named in the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James rather than in the canonical Gospels. Her cult is ancient in the East and widespread in the West.
Details
- Feast Day
- July 26
- Patronage
- MothersGrandmothersPregnant womenMiners
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