Saint Anne of the Pontifical Grooms

Saint Anne of the Pontifical Grooms, the Chiesa di Sant’Anna dei Palafrenieri, is one of the Vatican’s most personal churches, because it was tied to the Palafrenieri, the pontifical grooms who cared for the pope’s horses and stables. The dedication is to Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, which gives the church a quiet family connection at the center of papal life. Its full Italian title, Pontificia Parrocchia Sant’Anna in Vaticano, tells you that it has long served as a parish church inside the Vatican itself. That link to the papal household matters: the Palafrenieri were not just workers, but an organized guild with its own devotion and patronage. …

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