26 July – Saint Anne

Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Sicut Mater, ita et filia ejus.
As the mother was, so also is her daughter.
Ezekiel 16.44
Formosa Filia Ierusalem.
Beautiful daughters of Jerusalem.
Canticles 1.4

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

Dictionary of Saintly Women

Lives of the Saint by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.

Character Calendar 

Pictorial Lives of the Saints 

La vie des saints 

La vie des saints

Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints and the Gardens of the Poets by Eleanor C. Donnelly.

Pictorial Half Hours with the Saints by Auguste François Lecanu.

Miniature Lives Of The Saints For Every Day In The Year by Henry Sebastian Bowden. (left side missing)

Lives of the Saints for Children by Theodor Berthold.

The Lives of Saints, with Other Feasts of the Year, According to the Roman Calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.

Tradition in Action

“Saint Anne” by Frederick William Faber.

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement 

Acta Sanctorum

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database

Protoevangelium of James 

Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew 

Middle English Legends of Saint Anne 

Breviarium RomanumLatin & English.

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

BeWeB

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database 

Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts 

Kornbluth Photography Historical Archive 

Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon.

Google Arts & Culture 

Saint Anne at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Monologion of Basil II (about)

Wikipedia Gallery 

Wikipedia Entry on Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate (with photo gallery)

Wikipedia Entry on Presentation of Mary

Wikipedia Entry on Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (with photo gallery)

Saints and their Attributes

Lives and Legends of the Evangelists, Apostles, and Other Early Saints by Mrs. Arthur Bell.

A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art by Clara Erskine Clement.

A Garner of Saints: Being a Collection of the Legends and Emblems Usually Represented in Art by Allen Hinds.

Legends of the Madonna As represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. Jameson.

The Saints in Art with Their Attributes and Symbols, Alphabetically Arranged by Margaret E. Tabor.

Saints and their Symbols: A Companion in the Churches and Picture Galleries of Europe by E. A. Greene.

The Saints in Art by Joseph Maria von Radowitz.

Emblems of Saints by Which They Are Distinguished in Works of Art by F. C. Husenbeth.

Sacred Symbols in Art by Elizabeth Edwards Goldsmith.

Music

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

Charpentier, “Gaude felix Anna” H.315 , Canticum Annae, H.325

Bach, Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major 

Customs & Devotions

Feastday Cookbook

Late Medieval French Prayers – Five Joys, Rosier of Saint Anne, plus many longer prayers in verse

Prayer to St. Anne in the Raccolta 

Prayer to St. Anne 

Litany of St. Anne 

Manna for the Soul: Meditations for Every Day of the Year by Paulo Segneri.

Meditations on the Life, the Teaching and the Passion of Jesus Christ for Every Day of the Ecclesiastical Year with an Appendix of Meditations for the Festivals of Various Saints by Augustin Maria Ilg.

Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays