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Jewish, the daughter of Phanuel,
tribe of Aser. Married at age fourteen; widowed at twenty-one. At age 72
she was charged with the care of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Temple
from her presentation there at age three until her betrothal to Saint
Joseph. She was in attendance at the Temple when Jesus was presented.
Having all her life believed in the prophecies of the Old Testament, she
was the only woman in the Temple to greet Jesus.
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