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Saint Anastasia, Virgin and Martyr - 3rd
century Medieval lives of Anastasia, including the one in the Golden Legend, conflate elements from the stories of two different saints of the same name and same century. One is St. Anastasia of Sirmium, who was burned at the stake. The other is a disciple of St. Chrysogonus, St. Anastasia of Rome, who was crucified and then beheaded. The conflated Anastasia in the Golden Legend, "a Roman noble," was burned at the stake, which explains the bowl of fire in the portrait at left. There is also a St. Anastasia the Patrician, a Byzantine lady-in-waiting of the 6th century who fled the court to live as a hermit in the desert. Feast days (Latin, pre-Vatican II): St Anastasia of Rome, April 15; St. Anastasia of Sirmium, December 25; St. Anastasia the Patrician, March 10. At left, 17th century portrait in Rome Hagiography: Golden Legend #7: Latin original (cached) or use this summary: St. Anastasia was a noble Roman who was raised in
the faith
by her mother and
Yet another prefect tried to wed St. Anastasia so as
to gain
her wealth. She protested that her wealth had to go to the poor,
so he had her shipped to an island where she was burned to
death along with a number of other Christians. St.
Apollonia took her body back to |