Saints of the Old Testament: Sts. Josue, Gedeon, and Anna

In the great Legenda Aurea ("The Golden Legend," though correctly translated "The Golden Readings") which Blessed Jacobus de Voragine, OP, Archbishop of Genoa, compiled about the year 1260, we find the following commentary regarding the liturgical celebration of the feasts of the saints of the Old Testament period:



"It is worthy of note that the Eastern Church celebrates the feasts of