Joachim
Life and witness
In Jewry, of St. Joachim, father of the most Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.
Baring-Gould: March · S. JOACHIM
[Roman Martyrology; by the Greeks on Sept. 9th. The insertion of this name in the Martyrologies is not earlier than the 16th century. The Roman Breviary of 1522, pub. at Venice, contained it with special office, but this was expunged by pope Pius V., and in the Breviary of 1572, neither name nor office are to be found.]
Nothing whatever is known of S. Joachim, except what is related in the Apocryphal Gospels, whence the name is derived. It is probable, however, that the name was traditionally preserved, and adopted by the author of the Apocryphal Gospels.
Biographical overview
Joachim was, according to Christian Sacred tradition, the husband of Saint Anne, the father of Mary and grandfather of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Gospel of James, part of the New Testament apocrypha. His feast day is 26 July, a date shared with Saint Anne.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
In Judaea natalis sancti Joachim, patris immaculatae Virginis Genitricis Dei Mariae, Confessoris. Ipsius tamen festum agitur decimo septimo Kalendas Septembris.