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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Anastasia, martyr of Sirmium and Rome

Saint ID

S00602

Number in BH

BHL 401

Reported Death Not Before

249

Reported Death Not After

305

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Virgins
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00690The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, closes with the church and grave of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on the 'via Vaticana', north-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. A description of the basilica, added in the later 8th c., lists many of the altars of saints within the church.
E00723Victricius of Rouen names saints who perform healing miracles at their burial place and elsewhere: *John (the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042), *Proculus and *Agricola (martyrs of Bologna, S00448 and S00310), *Antonius/Antoninus (martyr of Piacenza, S00328), *Saturninus and Troianus (martyrs of Macedonia, S00446), *Nazarius (martyr of Milan, S00281) and several other saints, male and female, of uncertain identity (S00449). Written in Latin in Rouen (northern Gaul), 395/397.
E01290Two Greek inscriptions on columns, with the name of a certain saint *Anastasia (perhaps a local martyr, S00457). Found in the basilica at Apolakkia-Zonaras (Rhodes, the Aegean Islands). Probably 5th-7th c.
E01297Floor-mosaic with a Greek dedicatory inscription to a certain saint *Anastasia (perhaps a local martyr, S00457), as 'a bride and spouse of Christ'. Found in the basilica in Arkasa (island of Karpathos, Aegean Islands). Probably 5th c.
E01344The long version of the Greek Martyrdom of *Demetrios (martyr of Thessalonike S00761) recounts the martyrdom of the nobleman Demetrios, and his companions *Nestor and Loupos (S00796). It also recounts miracles performed by the relics of Demetrios, and the foundation of his basilicas in Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece) and Sirmium (middle Danube). Written in Thessalonike in the 6th or 7th c..
E02264The Latin Liber ad Gregoriam, possibly by Arnobius the Younger, refers to written accounts of the martyrdoms of married women martyrs of Rome and its vicinity, *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602), *Felicitas (martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00525), and *Symphorosa (martyr of Tivoli, S01165), presenting them as examples for the recipient of the work, the matrona Gregoria. Written possibly in Rome, sometime in the 5th/6th c.
E02482The Latin Martyrdom of *Anastasia and Companions narrates the trial and martyrdom of *Chrysogonus (martyr of Aquileia, 00911) in Aquae Gradatae near Aquileia (northern Italy), of the sisters *Agape, Chionia and Irene in Macedonia (martyrs of Thessalonike, S00206), of *Theodota and her three sons (martyrs of Nicaea, S00257) in Nicaea (western Asia Minor), and of Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602) on the insulae Palmariae. Written presumably in Rome, in the 5th or 6th c.
E03221The Latin Martyrdom of *Cantius, Cantianus and Cantianilla (martyrs of Aquileia, S01552) narrates how the saints, born in Rome and instructed by Protus, flee Diocletian and Maximian’s persecution to their estates in Aquileia; here they are arrested and beheaded, and their bodies buried by the priest Zoilus; an epilogue found in variant versions adds that Zoilus, who raised the virgins *Agape, Chionia and Irene (presumably the martyrs of Thessalonike, S00206), has a vision telling him of their martyrdom; it also adds that the sisters pray at the martyrs’ tomb with *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602) before Zoilus dies. Written presumably in Aquileia, at an uncertain date between the 5th and the 9th centuries.
E03903The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 22 October the deposition of the relics of *Platōn (martyr of Ankyra, Galatia, central Asia Minor, S00650), *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602), Kripto (unidentified name), *Apollo (hermit, S01837), and *James ('brother of the Lord',S00058).
E03904The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 23 October *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602) and *Arethas (martyr of Najran, ob. 522/523, S01492).
E03966The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 22 December *Hripsime (virgin and martyr of Armenia,S00071), *Gayane (Armenian martyr and companion of Hripsime, S00260), *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602). and Bakchos the Younger, monk of St Saba monastery, killed by the Arabs in 787.
E04246The Miracles of *Artemios (29) recount how *Artemios (martyr of Antioch under Julian, S01128), at his shrine in Constantinople, healed a bowmaker with a hernia, by appearing to him and touching his testicle. Written in Greek in Constantinople, 582/668; assembled as a collection, 658/668.
E04585The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 5 January.
E04589The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 6 January.
E04603The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 8 January.
E04799Latin epitaph for an acolyte of the titulus of *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602). Found in a cemetery on the via Ardeatina, Rome. Probably late 5th - early 6th c.
E04944The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 7 September.
E05064The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 25 December.
E05169The Latin Calendar of Sinai records the feasts of saints through the year, followed by a list of the apostles to various regions of Christianity. Written possibly in North Africa, possibly in the 7th/8th c.; preserved in a manuscript, probably of the 9th c., in St Catherine's monastery, Sinai. Basic Entry.
E05496Leo the Great preaches a Latin sermon in the church of Saint *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602) in Rome in 457.
E05689Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 25 December of *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602), who was consoled during her captivity by *Chrysogonus (martyr of Aquileia, S00911), and fed heavenly food by *Theodata (martyr of Nicaea, S00257). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E05778Agnellus of Ravenna, writing in 830/846 in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis (23), mentions an altar dedicated to *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602) in the cathedral of Ravenna (northern Italy). Written in Latin at Ravenna.
E06046Mosaics in the nave of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (northern Italy) depicting twenty-two female saints, preceded by the three Magi, processing towards the Virgin and Child, and twenty-six male saints, probably originally preceded by *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), processing towards Christ; created under Bishop Agnellus, 557/564.
E06578Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846), whose name, among others, is recited during Mass, as an exemplary virgin. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686.
E07001The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the martyrs' burials around Rome, is followed by an Appendix listing 21 churches dedicated to saints within the Aurelianic walls of Rome. Written in Latin in Rome, certainly after 625 and before 790, possibly in 642/683.
E08019The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 5950) states that in 457/458, the relics of *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium, S00602) were translated from Sirmium to Constantinople and deposited in her church there. Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts.
E08023The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 6030) states that when the rebuilt church of Hagia Sophia was consecrated in 537, the procession left from the church of *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium, S00602). Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts.
E08057The epitome of Theodore Lector's Tripartite History (203 and 227) refers to the Anastasia church in Constantinople as the church of the martyr *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602) in the time of Gregory of Nazianzus (bishop of Constantinople 379-381). From the 7th c. epitome of a work written in Greek at Gangra, northern Asia Minor, c. 511/518.
E08419A fragmentary papyrus document from Ravenna (north-east Italy) records the sale of marshland by the clergy of the Gothic (and 'Arian'/Homoean?) church dedicated to *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S000602) in the city. Written in Latin in Ravenna, 551.