Saint Anastasia of Sirmium

Memorial

• 25 December

Profile

Matron of a noble Roman family. Married to a pagan. Spiritual student of Saint Chrysogonus. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Her name is commemorated in the second Mass of Christmas and the first eucharistic prayer. Nothing is really known about her except her death, but there have been no end of attempts by story-tellers to fill in the blanks.

Died

• c.304 at Sirmium, Dalmatia
• relics at Istanbul, Turkey (former Constantinople)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• martyrs
• weavers
• widows

Representation

• palm branch of martyrdom

Images

• Gallery of images of Saint Anastasia

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by J P Kirsch
• Catholic Online
• Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
• Golden Legend, by Jacobus de Voragine
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Anastasia of Sirmium”. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 April 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-anastasia-of-sirmium/>