page_title: Joachim
section_title: Iconography
hierarchical_section_title: Joachim / Iconography
caption_attribution_description: English: Dominican-Order-church in Friesach: Main altar: Joachim Deutsch: Dominikanerkirche Friesach in Friesach: Hochaltar: Hl Joachim
context_page_description: Joachim was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the apocryphal Gospel of James. His feast day is 26 July, a date shared with Saint Anne.
context_section_description: In medieval art he often wears a conical Jewish hat.  He is often treated as a saint, with a halo, but in the Western church there was some awareness that he had quite likely died too soon to strictly be counted as a Christian.
  Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate was a popular subject in artistic renditions of the life of the Virgin.
  Symbols associated with Saint Joachim include a book or scroll representing linen makers, a shepherd's staff for the Christian Word, and a basket of doves representing peace.  He is almost always clothed in green, the color of hope.
  The name of the San Joaquin River dates to 1805–1808, when Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga was surveying east from Mission San José in order to find possible sites for a mission. The name was in common use by 1810.
caption: Saint Joachim
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