Gospel of James
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The Gospel of James is a second-century infancy gospel telling of the miraculous conception of Mary, the mother of Jesus, her upbringing and marriage to Joseph, the journey of the couple to Bethlehem,
Annunciation to Joachim and Anna, fresco by Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1544–45 (detail)
The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, an event that only appears in the Gospel of James, depicted on a Russian icon
Codex Tchacos p 33
Saint Anne
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According to Christian tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary, the wife of Joachim and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the Bible's canonical gospels. In writing,
Gospel of James
…was taken over by the widely read Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, which popularized most of its stories. The Gospel of James was the first to give the name Anne to the mother of Mary, taking it probably from Hannah, the mother of the prophet Samuel, and Mary, like Samuel, is taken to spend her childhood in the…
Greek icon of Saint Anne with the Virgin, by Angelos Akotantos (c. 1420–1450)
Masolino and Masaccio, Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (c. 1424), Uffizi, Florence
Birth of St. Anne, by Adriaen van Overbeke (c. 1521–1525)
Church of St. Anne in Jerusalem, c. 1140