Name
Anastasios, monk and martyr of Persia, ob. 628
Saint ID
S02052
Number in BH
BHG 84; BHL 408, 410, 410b
Reported Death Not Before
628
Reported Death Not After
628
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Ascetics/monks/nuns, Converts
| ID | Title | E04618 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 22 January. | E05436 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 22 January at ad Aquas Salvias (Rome) of *Anastasius (monk and martyr of Persia, ob. 628, S02052). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E06606 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Anastasios the Persian (monk and martyr of Persia, ob. 628, S02052) recounts the conversion of a young Persian soldier to Christianity and his martyrdom in the reign of Khusro II: Anastasios learned of Christianity when the True Cross was transferred to Persia after the conquest of Jerusalem [in 614], and was baptised soon thereafter in the Holy City, where he became a monk; his wish to suffer martyrdom led him to Caesarea, where he was apprehended, interrogated, imprisoned and tortured; he was then transferred to Persia, where he was tried and executed by strangulation. His body was buried by a monastery of *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023) in Persia, where his tunic effected a posthumous miracle. Written shortly after the martyrdom [in 628], by an anonymous monk of the lavra of St Sabas, near Jerusalem. | E06989 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Ostiensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E07037 | The Martyrdom of *Anastasius (monk and martyr of Persia, ob. 628, S02052) is rendered into Latin at least three times before 731: probably first at Rome, c. 645/68; then again at Rome, c. 645/731, or in Britain, 669/731; and again by Bede at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 700/731. | E07894 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside the porta Ostiensis (now called saint Paul's gate) on the via Ostiensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E08281 | The Greek Translation of the relics of *Anastasios the Persian (monk and martyr of Persia, ob. 628, S02052), recounts how the martyr's relics were recovered from Persia, aided by miraculous intervention, and brought to Jerusalem by way of Tyre and Caesarea. Written in 631/632, by an anonymous monk of the lavra of St Sabas, near Jerusalem. | E08315 | 35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. | E08363 | Seven relic labels from Cantù (north-west Italy), datable by their script to c. 700, for relics of various saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Cantù, or possibly Rome or Milan. |
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