Joachim

3rd chapter of the Qur'an

mother of Virgin Mary in Christian and Islamic traditions; unnamed in the New Testament or Quran

mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zacharias/Zachary, according to the Gospel of Luke

Joachim was, according to Christian Sacred tradition, the husband of Saint Anne, the father of Mary and grandfather of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Gospel of James, part of the New Testament apocrypha. His feast day is 26 July, a date shared with Saint Anne.

non-canonical infancy gospel

woodcut by Albrecht Dürer from the series Life of the Virgin