The virtues that St. Anne (mother of Mary) lived...and the why is she patron of doors?

Question

doing st. report for confirmation

Answer 1

St. Anne is generally considered to be the patron saint of grandparents . At least, that is, if you're referring to the St. Anne who was wife of St. Joachim and mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary (and hence, the earthly grandmother of Jesus Christ). There are a lot of saints named Anne.

Here are the standard patronages of St. Anne:

Adjuntas, Puerto Rico; against poverty; Brittany; broommakers; cabinetmakers; Canada; carpenters; childless people; archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan; equestrians; France; grandmothers; grandparents; homemakers; horse men; horse women; housewives; lace makers; lace workers; lost articles; Micmaqs; miners; Molo, Philippines; mothers; diocese of Norwich, Connecticut; Nueva Valencia, Philippines; old-clothes dealers; poverty; pregnancy; pregnant women; Quebec; Santa Ana Indian Pueblo; riders; seamstresses; stablemen; sterility; Taos, New Mexico; turners; women in labour.

Her emblem, not her patronage, is a door.

She and St. Joachim were considered to have lived devout lives, and so were permitted by God to be the parents of the Blessed Virgin. Because she was childless for a long time before bearing Mary, her help is invoked by people who wish to have children.

"St. Anne, divinely wise, you carried in your womb the Mother of God, the Immaculate One who gave life to Life; wherefore you now have been carried up joyfully to the inheritance of heaven, to the abode of those who rejoice in glory. O Ever-blessed One, you seek the forgiveness of sins for those who honor you with fervor."