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ST. ANNA 65 Ven. Angilburga, or Engilbukg, Jan. 12. "f 915. Empress. Daughter of Louis, king of Grormanj. Wife of liouis II., Emperor. Although innocent, «he was divorced. She lived in the convent of the Eesurrection, which she had founded at Placentia. On tho Emperor's death she took the veil, and in time became abbess. After a few years she was sent to the convent of St Julia, at Brescia, over which she pre- sided for many years. She died at a great age. Bucelinus. St. Angre, May 14, V. M. Honoured at Apt, in Provence. French Mart, St. Ania, May 28 (Anias, Ama), M. at Borne. AA.8S. St. Animais, M., with Anna (7). St. Animida, or Amida, July 2, M. at Borne or in Mesopotamia. BoU., AA.8S. St. Anna (l), Oct. 3. Called in our Bible Hanhah, and by Mgr. Guerin Ste. Anne d'Elcane. Wife of Elkanah, and mother of the prophet Samuel, who was bom, B.C. 1155, in answer to her fervent prayers for a son, accompanied by a vow to dedicate him to God. Her hymn (1 Sam. ii. 1-10) has strong points of resemblance with that of the B. V. Maby (St. Luke i. 46-55), and her mention of the Lord's ** anointed," with which it ends, is regarded as the first instance in whidii the Christ is expressly so called an the Scriptures. On this account she is considered a prophetess. In fulfil- ment of her vow, she placed her son in the tabernacle, and left him with the judge and prophet Eli. With maternal tenderness she made him a little coat each year, and took it to him when she and her husband went from their home at Bamathaim-Zophim to make their annual offering. After Samuel, she had three sons and two daughters. She is commemorated in the Greek Church, Oct. 3. All that is known of her is in the first and second chapters of the First Book of SamueL See also Smith's Dictionary of the Bible and Calmet's Dictionary of the Bible. St. Anna (2), Feb. 3, Sept. 1, is represented holding the tables of the . Jewish Law, to denote that she lived blamelessly. She was a prophetess. daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser. At the age of eighty-four she was a widow who spent her time in the temple, and " served God with fastings and prayers night and day." When the Infant Jesus was presented there, she recognised in Him the expected Messiah. She is the earliest of the New Testament saints. Her name is in the B.M,, Sept. 1. Ughelli and the Greek Meneas honour her with St. Simeon, Feb. 3. The Feast of the Purification was anciently called, in tho East, the Feast of the Meeting, i.e. of St. Simeon and St. Anna, with the Christ, in the Temple, at the Presenta- tion. This feast is mentioned in the Pilgrimage of St. Silvia, lato in the 4th century ; but at that, early date it was probably celebrated with so much honour only at Jerusalem, whence the custom of its solemnization extended to other countries. Bichard et Giraud, Biblio^ theque Sacr^e. St. Luke ii. 36-38. B.M. St. Anna (3), July 26 (Ann, Anne). ?A.D. 1. Mother of the B. V. Mary. atron of two places called Annaberg, one in Brunswick, the other in Misnia ; of Madrid, which adopted her in a pesti- lence in 1597 ; of Apt, Brittany, Bruns- wick, and Ourcamp ; of tho Counts of Schlick, and the Counts of Hainault ; of the cathedral of the Canaries ; of mar- ried people ; takes the place of Juno Lucina as patron of confinements; is called in Southern Italy la vecchia potente (the powerful old woman); pregnant women who place themselves under her special protection wear an apron or some other article of a brilliant emerald green. She is also patron of makers and sellers of lace ; makers and sellers of linen cloth ; broom-makers ; house* keepers ; grooms ; stable-boys ; dealers in old clothes ; carpenters ; cabinet- makers ; turners ; inlayers of wood ; and all workers in hard wood. St. Gomer is patron of workers in soft wood. According to Cahier, the reason for Anna being adopted patron of workers in wood is that no one was received to the rank of master in any guild or cor- poration of tradesmen until he had made a masterpiece. In tho 16th and 17th centuries the tabernacle was a very im- portant part of the ornamentation of an p