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St. Joachim
Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Feast day: August 16

The holy Patriarch Joachim was the husband of St. Anne, and the father of Our Lady. This Feast, originally kept on March 20, was transferred to the day following the Assumption, in order to associate the Blessed Daughter and her father in their triumph.

  

Updated Wednesday, March 12, 2003