Editing Saint Anne (section)

==Patronage==
[[File:Basilique Saint-Anne.JPG|thumb|[[Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré]], [[Quebec]], Canada]]
The Church of Saint Anne in [[Beit Guvrin National Park]] was built by the [[Byzantine Greeks|Byzantines]] and the [[Crusades|Crusaders]] in the 12th century, known in Arabic as Khirbet ({{lit|ruin}}) Sandahanna, the mound of Maresha being called Tell Sandahanna. Saint Anne is the patroness of unmarried women, housewives, women in labour or who want to be pregnant, grandmothers, mothers and educators. She is also a patroness of horseback riders, cabinet-makers<ref name=crawley/> and miners. As the mother of Mary, this devotion to Saint Anne as the patron of miners arises from the medieval comparison between Mary and Christ and the precious metals silver and gold. Anne's womb was considered the source from which these precious metals were mined.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 April 2016 |title=st_anne |url=http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/courses/medmil/pages/non-mma-pages/text_links/st_anne.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417131450/http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/courses/medmil/pages/non-mma-pages/text_links/st_anne.html |archive-date=17 April 2016  |access-date=14 July 2022 }}</ref> 

Saint Anne is the [[patron saint]] of [[Brittany]] ([[France]]), [[Cuenca, Ecuador|Cuenca]] ([[Ecuador]]), [[Chinandega]] ([[Nicaragua]]), the [[Mi'kmaq]] people of [[Canada]], [[Castelbuono]] (Sicily), [[Quebec]] ([[Canada]]), [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]] ([[California]]), [[Norwich, Connecticut|Norwich]] ([[Connecticut]]), [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] ([[Michigan]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aod.org/patron-saint/ |title=St. Anne – Archdiocese of Detroit |publisher=Aod.org |access-date=15 August 2013}}</ref> [[Adjuntas, Puerto Rico|Adjuntas]] ([[Puerto Rico]]), [[Santa Ana, El Salvador|Santa Ana]] and [[Jucuarán]] ([[El Salvador]]), [[Berlin, New Hampshire|Berlin]] ([[New Hampshire]]), [[Santa Ana Pueblo]], [[Seama, New Mexico|Seama]], and [[Taos, New Mexico|Taos]] ([[New Mexico]]), [[Chiclana de la Frontera]], [[Marsaskala]], [[Tudela, Navarre|Tudela]] and [[Fasnia]] ([[Spain]]), [[Santa Ana, Pampanga|Town of Sta Ana Province of Pampanga]], [[Molo, Iloilo City]], [[Balasan|Balasan, Iloilo]], [[Hagonoy, Bulacan|Hagonoy]], Santa Ana, [[Taguig City]], [[Saint Anne Parish and Diocesan Shrine (Malicboy)|Saint Anne Shrine]], Malicboy, [[Pagbilao]], [[Quezon]] and [[Malinao, Albay]] ([[Philippines]]), [[Santana (district of São Paulo)|Santana]] ([[Brazil]]), [[Saint Anne, Illinois|Saint Anne]] ([[Illinois]]), Sainte Anne Island, [[Baie Sainte Anne]] and [[Praslin Island]] ([[Seychelles]]), [[Bukit Mertajam]] and [[Port Klang]] ([[Malaysia]]), Kľúčové ([[Slovakia]]) and [[South Vietnam]]. The [[parish church]] of [[Vatican City]] is [[Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri]]. There is a shrine dedicated to Saint Anne in the Woods in [[Bristol]], United Kingdom.