St. Joachim

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Born: Galilean

Died: the traditional tomb of Saint Anne and Saint Joachim was rediscovered in Jerusalem in 1889

Patronage: Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, fathers, grandfathers, grandparents.

Also known as Heli

Husband of Saint Anne, elderly father of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Grandfather of Jesus Christ. Probably well off. Tradition says that while he was away from home, he and Anne each received a message from an angel that she was pregnant. Believed to have given Mary to the service of the Temple when the girl was three years old. Joachim is mentioned in neither historical nor canonical writings. The information we have on Joachim derives mainly from the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James.