Anna
historical figure · 4 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Anna the prophetess · an aged widow and wife of one man · daughter of Phanuel · that aged woman
in the texts
Stromata
Mother of Samuel, cited as an example of a request granted through mere thought.
For instance, to Anna, upon her merely thinking of the child, was granted the conception of Samuel.
De Carne Christi
The aged prophetess of the temple presentation narrative, referred to without being named directly.
Let that aged woman too keep silence, lest she bewitch the child.
De ieiunio adversus psychicos
Prophetess who recognized the infant Christ and is noted for her fasting.
On the threshold of the Gospel, Anna the prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, who both knew the infant Lord and prophesied many things about Him to those who awaited the redemption of Israel, after the distinguished title of an old and one-husbanded widowhood, is enriched by the testimony of fastings as well—showing in what offices it is fitting to attend upon the Church, and that by none is Christ be …
De Monogamia
Widow and prophetess at the temple who proclaims Christ, described as wife of one man
A man just and prudent, and surely no bigamist—lest, soon after, Christ should be the more worthily proclaimed by a woman, an aged widow and wife of one man, who, being also dedicated to the temple, portended sufficiently in her own person what manner of persons ought to cleave to the spiritual temple, that is, the Church.