Anna the Prophetess [SEP] canonization status
: it could mean that she was 84 years old, or that she had been a widow for 84 years. Some scholars consider the latter to be the more likely option. On this option, she could not have married younger than about age 14, and so she would have been at least 14 + 7 + 84 = 105 years old.
Church traditions and veneration.
The Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church commemorate Anna as a saint, Anna the Prophetess. The Eastern Orthodox Church considers Anna and Simeon the
Anna the Prophetess
Anna (, ) or Anna the Prophetess is a woman mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. According to that Gospel, she was an elderly woman of the Tribe of Asher who prophesied about Jesus at the Temple of Jerusalem. She appears in during the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
New Testament.
The passage mentioning Anna is as follows:
From these three verses in Luke, the following is known of Anna:
- She was a prophetess.
- She was a daughter