Description
Medal – St Ann / Holy Family – Silver Oxide (22mm x 15mm) – Designed and Made in Italy
Saint Anne is revered in Christian tradition as the mother of the Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus Christ. She is the patron saint of mothers, grandmothers, women in labor, and homemakers, and is widely celebrated for her steadfast faith and role in the Holy Family.
Patronage
While she is not explicitly mentioned in the Bible, her traditions stem from ancient apocryphal writings. Her extensive patronage includes:
Family & Mothers: Grandmothers, mothers, housewives, and women seeking to conceive or currently in labor.
Professions: Miners, cabinet-makers, and seamstresses.
Protection: Often invoked against poverty and for protection of family unity and marriages.
Major Shrines and Sites
The faithful travel to several celebrated pilgrimage locations to seek her intercession and healing:
Catholic Telegraph
Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré: Located in Quebec, Canada, this is one of the oldest and most famous pilgrimage sites in North America, drawing roughly a million pilgrims annually.
St. Anne Catholic Community
Sainte-Anne-d’Auray: Situated in Brittany, France, this site marks the only Church-approved apparition of St. Anne, where she appeared to a local peasant in the 17th century.
