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Her immaculate conception of Mary; number of marriages. According to Christian tradition, Saint Anne (also Ann or Anna) was the mother of the Virgin Mary. Born of the Davidic lineage, her name is a Greek rendering of the Hebrew Hannah, meaning "Grace." Saint Anne is not named in the canonical Gospels or anywhere else in the New Testament.
Author: Catholic Encyclopedia. ST. ANNE. Anne (Hebrew, Hannah, grace; also spelled Ann, Anne, Anna) is the traditional name of the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. All our information concerning the names and lives of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary, is derived from apocryphal literature, the Gospel of the Nativity of Mary, Pseudo ...
Author: Lives of Saints. SAINT ANNE—Mother of the Blessed Virgin. Feast: July 26. Of St. Anne we have no certain knowledge. She is not mentioned in the New Testament, and we must depend on apocryphal literature, chiefly the Protoevangelium of James, which dates back only to the second century.
