Editing Saint Anne (section)

==Christian tradition==
The story is similar to that of [[Samuel]], whose mother [[Hannah (biblical figure)|Hannah]] ({{langx|he|{{Script/Hebrew|חַנָּה}}}} ''Ḥannāh'' "favour, grace"; etymologically the same name as Anne) had also been childless. The [[Immaculate Conception]] was eventually made dogma by the [[Catholic Church]] following an increased devotion to Anne in the twelfth century.<ref>{{cite book 
|last=Nixon
|first=Virginia
|title=Mary's Mother: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Europe
|url=https://archive.org/details/marysmothersaint00nixo
|url-access=limited
|publisher=The Pennsylvania State University Press
|year=2004
|pages=[https://archive.org/details/marysmothersaint00nixo/page/n26 12]–14
|isbn=978-0-271-02466-0
}}</ref> Dedications to Anne in [[Eastern Christianity]] occur as early as the sixth century.<ref>Procopius' Buildings, Volume I, Chapters 11–12</ref> In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox tradition]], Anne and [[Joachim]] are ascribed the title ''Ancestors of God'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2020/09/09/102546-holy-and-righteous-ancestors-of-god-joachim-and-anna |title=Holy and Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna |work=The Orthodox Faith &ndash; Lives of the Saints |publisher=The Orthodox Church in America |access-date=13 September 2020 }}</ref> and both the [[Nativity of Mary]] and the [[Presentation of Mary]] are celebrated as two of the twelve [[Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church]]. The [[wikt:dormition|Dormition of Anne]] is also a minor feast in Eastern Christianity. In [[Lutheran]] [[Protestantism]], it is held that [[Martin Luther]] chose to enter religious life as an [[Augustinians|Augustinian friar]] after invoking St. Anne while endangered by lightning.<ref name="Brecht1985">{{cite book|last=Brecht|first=Martin|author-link=Martin Brecht|title=Martin Luther: His road to Reformation, 1483–1521|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hH6nI6Q6qBIC&pg=PA48|year=1985|publisher=Fortress Press|isbn=978-1-4514-1414-1|page=48}}</ref>