Feast February 27
Saint Anne Line
Martyr, patron of childless people · Feast February 27
Biography
Anne Line was an English Catholic martyr. After losing her husband, she became very active in sheltering clandestine Catholic priests, which was illegal in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Finally arrested, she was condemned to death and executed at Tyburn. The Catholic Church declared her a martyr, and Pope Paul VI canonised her in 1970.
Feast day
February 27
Patronage
- childless people
- converts
- widows
Birth date
c. 1563
Death date
1601-02-27 (aged 38 - 39)
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
25 October 1970
Canonized by
Pope Paul VI
Feast month
2
Wikidata qid
Q2069003
Feast day of month
27