Saint Anastasius the Fuller

Memorial: 7 September
formerly 26 August
Profile: Born a wealthy Aquileian noble. After reading Saint Paul's advice to the Thessalonians that it's best to work with your hands, he became a fuller at Split, Yugoslavia. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian when he painted a cross on his shop door and openly practised his faith.
Died: drowned with a weight around his neck in 304; body brought to Salona, Dalmatia, and a church was built there in his honour; relics transferred to Spalato in the 7th century
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Patronage: fullers
weavers
Additional Information: New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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