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During the High Middle Ages, Saint Anne became increasingly identified as a maritime saint, protecting sailors and fisherman, and invoked against storms. [18] Two well-known shrines to St. Anne are that of Ste-Anne-d'Auray in Brittany, France; and that of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré near the city of Québec. The number of visitors to the Basilica of ...
In 1662, she acquired the heart of her ancestor, Anne Elizabeth of France, and placed it in the Chapel of Saint Anne. In 1666, Anne's own body was interred next to Louis XIII's at the Basilica of St Denis in Paris, [50] but her heart in the Chapel of Saint Sacrament, [51] alongside the body of Marguerite d'Arbouze. [52]
Anne Line (c. 1563 – 27 February 1601) was an English Catholic martyr. After losing her husband, she became very active in sheltering clandestine Catholic priests , which was illegal in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I .
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.
She was the only woman to have been queen consort of France twice. During the Italian Wars, Anne also became Queen of Naples, from 1501 to 1504, and Duchess of Milan, in 1499–1500 and from 1500 to 1512. Anne was raised in Nantes during a series of conflicts in which the King of France sought to assert his suzerainty over Brittany.
Princess Anne. Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images Princess Anne is widely considered one of the most hard-working members of the royal family, and it’s easy to see why. Anne, 73, is the second child ...
Former actress Sister Clare Crockett is in the running to become a saint nearly nine years after her death. The late Northern Ireland native was recognized as a candidate for sainthood during a ...
Princess Anne Ash Knotek/Shutterstock Riding solo! King Charles III arrived in a golden carriage his coronation on Saturday, May 6, — but his sister, Anne, Princess Royal, was the one who had ...