Emerentia
Grandmother of the Virgin Mary
Emerentia is the name given for a grandmother of Mary, mother of Jesus, in some European traditions and art from the late 15th century. She is not to be confused with Saint Emerentiana, a Roman martyr of the 3rd century who features briefly in Alban Butler's The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints 1812, volume 1.
Related people
- Saint Anne parent of · traditional
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.