Who was the husband of Saint Anne and father of the Virgin Mary?
Saint Anne (wall painting) Saint Anne; instead, she is mentioned in the Gospel of James – biblical apocryph from between the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE written in Greek and translated into many eastern and western languages. She also appears in the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew and many other apocryphal texts. These texts describe events related to the birth and childhood of Virgin Mary, and are modelled on the Old Testament, in which the births of biblical patriarchs are described as the result of divine intervention to defeat women's infertility. Saint Anne and her husband, saint Joachim, a devout Jew from the family of David,
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne Virgin and Child with Saint Anne The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne or Madonna and Child with Saint Anne is a subject in Christian art showing Saint Anne with her daughter, the Virgin Mary, and her grandson Jesus. This depiction has been popular in Germany and neighboring countries since the 14th century. Names for this particular subject in other languages include: In the 13th century, Jacobus de Voragine incorporated apocryphal accounts from the Protoevangelium of James regarding the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary in his "Golden Legend". The cult of St. Anne spread rapidly and she became one