Saint Anastasia

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)
Patronage: martyrs
weavers
widows
Representation: palm branch
Images: Gallery of images of Saint Anastasia [3 images, 90 kb]
Additional Information: Golden Legend, by Jacobus de Voragine
New Catholic Dictionary
Google Directory
Catholic Online
Catholic Encyclopedia, by J P Kirsch
Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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