Overview: Explores the multifaceted veneration of St. Anne as an educator, a mother, a saint, and a spouse.Examines St. Anne’s cult in areas of Europe that have not been studied before.Brings together contribut.St. Anne was popular with representatives of various segments of society – from monks, nuns, members of the clergy, royal patrons, to church-goers of every rank. This book looks into both the public and private worship of this holy woman and brings to the surface some under-exposed aspects of it. It does so through the examination of manuscripts, monumental art, relics, sculpture, and t
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