Saint Anne
1st century BC (traditional) — 1st century BC (traditional)
Anne, mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus, endured twenty years of childlessness before an angel promised her a daughter. She vowed to dedicate the child to God and fulfilled that vow by presenting Mary at the Temple in Jerusalem at age three. Venerated across Eastern and Western Christianity, she is a patron of mothers, grandmothers, and those longing for children.