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<p>the holy day was once called the Feast of Conception of <a href="page.php?w=Saint_Anne">Saint Anne</a>.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>The Bible does not mention the birth and infancy of Mary, however, early Christians thought that, like <a href="page.php?w=John_the_Baptist">John the Baptist</a>, her birth, too, must have had something of the miraculous. This pious belief is reflected in the <a href="page.php?w=Gospel_of_James">Protoevangelium of James</a>, an apocryphal 2nd-century <a href="page.php?w=infancy_gospel">infancy gospel</a>. A strong devotion</p><p>
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