Anne
deity Christian single tradition · 2
Anne is the namesake of Hannah (Hebrew: חַנָּה Ḥannāh "favour, grace"). Devotion to Anne increased in the twelfth century, leading to the Catholic Church's dogma of the Immaculate Conception. In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, Anne and Joachim are ascribed the title Ancestors of God.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 100 CE
- Attested period
- 100 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Dedications to Anne in Eastern Christianity occur as early as the sixth century.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Saint Joachim, Righteous Anna, Most Holy Mother of God, Theotokos
- parent of
- Mary
- consort of
- Joachim
- allied with
- Joachim
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“26 July: Anne is remembered (with Joachim) in the Church of England with a Lesser Festival on 26 July.”
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“The story of Joachim, his wife Anne (or Anna), and the miraculous birth of their child Mary, the mother of Jesus, was told for the first time in the 2nd-century apocryphal infancy-gospel”
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