Saint Anysia of Salonika

Also known as

• Anysia of Thessalonica

Memorial

• 30 December

Profile

Born to a wealthy and pious family, Anysia lived private vows of chastity and poverty, praying and using her wealth to help the poor. One day a Roman soldier accosted her as she was on her way to services. When he discovered she was a Christian, possibly she crossed herself in fear, he beat her, and said was going to drag her to a pagan temple and force her to make a sacrifice. When he tore off the veil she habitually wore as a sign of her chastity, she spit in his face; he murdered her.

Born

• in Salonika, Thessaly, Greece

Died

• stabbed with a sword on 30 December 304

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Anysia of Salonika“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 February 2013. Web. 18 June 2013. <>