Known as Joanna the Myrrhbearer. 1st century lay woman. Married to Chusa, steward of King Herod Antipas. Disciple of Jesus, and mentioned in Luke (8.3) as providing for Jesus and the Apostles. Eastern tradition says that she gave the head of John the Baptist an honorable burial. One of the women Luke says (24.10) discovered the empty tomb on the first Easter when she went to anoint the body.
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Jennifer is a derivative of Joanna whose feast day is May 24th. Joanna was the wife of Chuza, steward of King Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee. She was one of the women who helped provide for Jesus and the Apostles and was one of the three women who discovered the empty tomb of Jesus on the first Easter morning.
We don't know the city of her birth, but we can assume it was in Israel.
St. Joanna is not a patron saint but her feast day is celebrated on May 24th. St. Joanna was one of the first people to arrive at the tomb of Jesus on Easter.
Roman Catholic AnswerJessica is a form of the name Joanna, which is probably why you are having difficulties looking it up. St. Joanna was wife of King Herod's steward, for the complete background, read the link below:
Sort of. St. Jessica is an accepted derivation of St. Joanna. St. Joanna helped provide for the apostles and Jesus and was one of the women to discover the empty tomb after Jesus's resurrection.
Saint Joanna the Myrrh-bearer is not a patron saint.
Joanna, wife of Chusa, is not a patron saint.
Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Martha, St. Mary Cleopas, St. Joanna are a few.
The patron saint of sports (athletics) is St. Sebastian, not St. Chloe.
There is no saint named Columbus.
There is no saint named Paricia.
St. Petersburg is the name of a city and not a saint.
The feast of Saint Joanna the Myrrh bearer is May 24.
Saint Joanna, yes. Johanna, no. Joanna was the wife of Chusa who was the steward of King Herod.