Saint Anne of Constantinople

Also known as

• Susanna of Constantinople

Memorial

• 23 July

Profile

Born an aristocrat, she was orphaned young and inherited a large fortune. Though she spent her money to support the poor, she attracted a steady stream of greedy suitors. To avoid marriage to a man named Agarenus, a union supported by Emperor Basil the Macedonian, Anne fled from Constantinople to Epirus in Leucadia c.869. She lived there the rest of her life as a hermitess.

Born

• in 840 in Constantinople

Died

• 918
• may have been martyred in Constantinople, but records are unclear

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Anne of Constantinople”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 August 2012. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-anne-of-constantinople/>