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  2. Saint Anne - Wikipedia

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    In the Latin Church St. Anne was not venerated, except, perhaps, in the south of France, before the thirteenth century. [13] A shrine at Douai, in northern France, was one of the early centers of devotion to St. Anne in the West. [16] The Anna Selbdritt was a type of iconography depicting the three generations of Saint Anne, Mary, and the child ...

  3. Joachim - Wikipedia

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    Saint Joachim. In medieval art, he often wears a conical Jewish hat. He is often treated as a saint, with a halo, but in the Latin Church, there was some awareness that he had quite likely died too soon to be counted as a Christian. Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate was a popular subject in artistic renditions of the life of the Virgin.

  4. St Ann - Wikipedia

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    St Ann or Saint Ann, may refer to: Saint Ann or Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary; St. Ann, Missouri, United States; Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica

  5. List of patron saints by occupation and activity - Wikipedia

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    Servers the sick - Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur [26] Shepherds - Bernadette of Lourdes, [5] Cuthbert, Cuthman, Dominic of Silos, Drogo of Sebourg, George, Germaine Cousin, Julian the Hospitaller, Raphael the Archangel, Regina, Solange; Shoemakers - Crispin, Gangulphus, Peter the Apostle, Theobald of Provins; Shorthand writers ...

  6. Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré - Wikipedia

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    Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré stands in a rolling agricultural country, with the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains in the background. The first church was built by sailors, seeking protection against shipwrecks off Ile-Oeuf on their way upriver to Quebec City. Saint Anne is the patron saint of sailors.

  7. Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri - Wikipedia

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    The Archconfraternity briefly exhibited in St. Anne a painting of the saint it commissioned in 1603 from Caravaggio. Destined for the altar of the papal Grooms in the Basilica of Saint Peter, it was painted in 1605–1606, Madonna and Child with St. Anne.

  8. Patron saints of places - Wikipedia

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    St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Our Lady of the Assumption [86] [87] ... Mary is the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando, [116] ...

  9. Sainte-Anne-d'Auray - Wikipedia

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    The most notable feature of the village is the large Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray, which is a major site of pilgrimage. Saint Anne is the patron saint of Brittany. The Basilica was built in Neo-Gothic style from 1865 to 1872 to replace an earlier church which had housed the ancient statue of Anne said to have been miraculously discovered by Yves Nicolazic.