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.

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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

parent of
Mary
consort of
Joachim
allied with
Joachim

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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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