Saint Anastasius of Lérida

Also known as

• Anastasi of Badalona
• Anastasi of Lérida
• Anastasius of Badalona

Memorial

• 11 May

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Son of Lleida. Imperial Roman soldier. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Born

• Lérida, Catalonia, Spain

Died

• martyred in 303 in Catalonia, Spain

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Badalona, Spain
• Lérida, Spain

Representation

• young man hung on a gibbet and pierced with arrows

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Anastasius of Lérida”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 May 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-anastasius-of-lerida/>