Saint Anastasia the Patrician
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- 10 March
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- Christian Byzantine noble.
Lady-in-waiting to the Empress Theodora in Constantinople.
To escape the unwanted attentions of the Emperor Justinian, she fled the court to a convent in Alexandria.
On the death of Theodora, Justinian lauched a search for Anastasia.
To escape, she assumed a male identity and costume, and lived her remaining 28 years as a hermit in the desert of Scete.
The story is believed by many modern scholars to be a pious legend.
- Died
- c.507 of natural causes
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