| Saint Anastasia | |
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 Saint Anastasia, with a book and palm. Book of Hours. Liège; c. 1250-1300. |
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| Martyr | |
| Died | , Sirmium |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Churches |
| Feast | December 22 (Orthodox); December 25 (Catholic) |
| Attributes | palm branch |
| Patronage | martyrs; weavers; widows |
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Saint Anastasia (Greek Ἀναστασία: "resurrection", often Ἁγία Ἀναστασία ἡ Φαρμακολύτρια, "St. Anastasia the Healer" ) was a Christian saint and martyr who died at Sirmium. Concerning Anastasia little is reliably known, save that she died in the persecutions of Diocletian; most stories about her date from several centuries after her death and make her variously a Roman or Sirmian native and a Roman citizen of patrician rank. One legend makes her the daughter of a certain Praetextus and the pupil of Saint Chrysogonus. Anastasia has long been venerated as a healer and exorcist. Her remains lie in the Cathedral of St. Anastasia in Zadar, Croatia. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.
