The feast of Saint Anne in the Roman calendar

The Trinitarian Saint Anne is an artistic and religious representation associating Anne, her daughter Mary and the child Jesus. Its cult experienced great popularity at the end of the 15th century despite the distrust of ecclesiastical authorities towards female figures. The Franciscan Pope Sixtus IV finally decided in 1481 to add the solemn feast of Saint Anne to the calendar of the Roman Church, set for July 26.