Saint Anne of Constantinople
- Also known as
- Susanna of Constantinople
- Memorial
- 23 July
- Profile
- Born an aristocrat, she was orphaned young and inherited a large fortune.
Though she spent her money to support the poor, she attracted a steady stream of greedy suitors.
To avoid marriage to a man named Agarenus, a union supported by Emperor Basil the Macedonian, Anne fled from Constantinople to Epirus in Leucadia c.869.
She lived there the rest of her life as a hermitess.
- Born
- in 840 in Constantinople
- Died
- 918;
may have been martyred in Constantinople, but records are unclear
- Name Meaning
- gracious one; grace (= Anne)
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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