Saint Anne (also known as Ann or Anna ) of David’s house and line was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. Mary’s mother is not named in the canonical gospels nor in the Qur’an. Anne’s name and that of her husband Joachim come only from New Testament apocrypha of which the Protoevangelium of James (written perhaps around 150) seems to be the earliest that mentions them.