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: 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
Google Directory
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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