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Key facts
- Born
- 1st century BC
- Died
- 1st century
- Venerated in
- Catholic Church , Eastern Orthodox Church , Oriental Orthodox Church
- Feast
- 3 February, 1 September and 16 February on some calendars
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Given name
- Anne
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Palestine
- Occupation
- prophet
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Image
- Prophetess Anna Icon.jpg
- Significant event
- Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
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- Commons category
- Anna the Prophetess
- canonization status
- saint
- date of birth
- 0100-00-00
- present in work
- Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
- date of death
- 0100-00-00
- feast day
- Russian Orthodox Church
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Encyclopedic overview
Anna (Hebrew: חַנָּה, Ḥana; Ancient Greek: Ἄννα, Ánna), distinguished as Anna the Prophetess, is a woman mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. According to that Gospel, she was an elderly woman of the Tribe of Asher who prophesied about Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem. She appears in Luke 2:36–38 during the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
New Testament
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