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Which saint is the mother of Virgin Mary?
Saint Anne
Mary/Mothers
Saints Anne and Joachim, (flourished 1st century bce, Palestine; Western feast day July 26, Eastern feast day July 25), the parents of the Virgin Mary, according to tradition derived from certain apocryphal writings. St. Anne is one of the patron saints of Brittany and Canada and of women in labour.
Who is the mother of Jesus that is also the mother of the Catholic Church?
Blessed Virgin Mary
Mary was a 1st-century Jewish Galilean woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and, according to the gospels, the virgin mother of Jesus….Mary, mother of Jesus.
| Blessed Virgin Mary | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Joseph |
| Children | Jesus, possibly the brothers and sisters of Jesus |
Who was Jesus’s grandmother?
Anna is the mother of the Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus.
How was the Virgin Mary conceived?
By having Mary free of original sin resulted in both Mary’s and Jesus’ conceptions being miraculous. The concept of the immaculate conception — that Mary was conceived without sin while a pre-embryo circa 20 BCE — gained support in the church.
How can Mary be a virgin?
Belief in the virgin birth comes from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Their birth stories are different, but both present Mary as a virgin when she became pregnant with Jesus. Mary and Joseph begin their sexual relationship following Jesus’ birth, and so Jesus has brothers and sisters.
Was Virgin Mary a real person?
Mary was a real person. She was Jewish, like her son Jesus.
How Virgin Mary was born?
The earliest known account of Mary’s birth is found in the Protoevangelium of James (5:2), an apocryphal text from the late second century, with her parents known as Saint Anne and Saint Joachim….Nativity of Mary.
| The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary | |
|---|---|
| Feast | September 8 (Universal) |
| Attributes | Birth of Mary, by her mother Saint Anne |