Anastasius (Latinized) or Anastasios ( el, Αναστάσιος, translit=Anastasios) is a masculine given name of Greek origin derived from the Greek word (''anastasis'') meaning " resurrection". Its female form is '' Anastasia'' ( el, Αναστασία). A diminutive form of ''Anastasios'' is ''Tasos'' ( el, Τάσος).

People

Byzantine emperors

Anastasius I Dicorus Anastasius I Dicorus ( grc-gre, Ἀναστάσιος, Anastásios; – 9 July 518) was List of Byzantine emperors, Eastern Roman emperor from 491 to 518. A career civil servant, he came to the throne at the age of 61 after being chosen by t ...

, reign 491–518 * Anastasios II (died 719), reign 713–715

Popes of Rome

* Pope Anastasius I, papacy 399–401 * Pope Anastasius II, papacy 496–498 *

Pope Anastasius III Pope Anastasius III (Latin: ''Anastasius Tertius''; c. 865 - June 913) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from April 911 to his death. Anastasius was a Roman by birth. A Roman nobleman, Lucian, is sometimes recognized as his f ...

, papacy 911–913 * Pope Anastasius IV, papacy 1153–1154

Other Christian saints and clergy

* Saint Tasos Bougas, patron saint of Zeibekistan * Saint Anastasius, martyr under Nero * Saint

Anastasius the Fuller Saint Anastasius the Fuller (died 304) is a Christian saint of the pre- schism Christian Church. Anastasius was a fuller of Aquileia who subsequently moved his business to Salona, although other sources say he went to Spalatum. He was mar ...

(died 304), martyr and patron saint of fullers and weavers * ( 263–11 May 305) * Pope Anastasius of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria 605–616 * Anastasius of Antioch (disambiguation), multiple people * Anastasius (Graeco-Roman jurist) (fl. 6th century) * Saint Anastasius of Persia (died 628), Persian martyr * Saint

Anastasius of Pavia Anastasius of Pavia (sometimes Anastasius XV, or Anastasius II) was Bishop of Pavia ( Ticinum) from 668 until his death in 680. He was a convert from Arianism Arianism ( grc-x-koine, Ἀρειανισμός, ) is a Christological doc ...

(died 680), bishop of Pavia * Anastasius of Armenia, successor of Nerses III the Builder as Catholicos of Armenia from 661 to 667 * Saint Anastasius Sinaita (fl. 7th century), theologian, Father of the Eastern Orthodox Church, monk, priest, and abbot of the monastery at Mt. Sinai * Anastasius (abbot of Euthymius) (fl. 8th century) * Anastasius Bibliothecarius ( 810–878), librarian of the Church of Rome, scholar and statesman, sometimes identified as an Antipope * Astrik or Saint Anastasius of Pannonhalma, ambassador of Stephen I of Hungary * Anastasius of Suppentonia (died 570), abbot * Patriarch Anastasius of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople 730–754 * Anastasius, Cardinal-priest of the title of San Clemente, c. 1102–1125 * Anastasius Germonius (1551–1627), Archbishop of Tarantaise and canon lawyer * Anastasius the Melodist (Hymnographer), believed to be a name of three or more melodists, one of whom is believed to have been a contemporary of Rhomanos * Anastasios (born 1929), Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania

Politicians and military

* Anastasios Balkos (1916–1995), Greek politician * Anastasios Charalambis (1862–1949), Greek officer and interim Prime Minister of Greece * Anastasios Dalipis (1896–1949), Greek Army officer and politician *

Anastasios Karatasos Anastasios Karatasos ( el, Αναστάσιος Καρατάσος; 1764 – 21 January 1830) was a Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence was born in the village of Dovras (Δοβράς or Δορβρά), Imathia and is cons ...

(1764–1830), Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence * Anastasios Londos (1791–1856), Greek politician and senator *

Anastasios Nerantzis Anastasios (Tasos) Nerantzis ( el, Αναστάσιος (Τάσος) Νεράντζης; 3 October 1944 – 11 July 2021) was a Greek attorney and politician. A co-founder of the New Democracy party, he was a long-standing member of the Hellenic ...

(1944–2021), Greek politician * Anastasios Papaligouras (born 1948), Greek politician * Anastasios Papoulas (1857–1935), Greek general *

Anastasios Peponis Anastasios Peponis ( el, Αναστάσιος Πεπονής; 1924 – 8 August 2011) was a Greek politician and author. Life He was born in 1924 in Athens, Greece. During the Axis Occupation of Greece in the Second World War (1941–44), Pepon ...

(1924–2011), Greek politician *

Anastasios Polyzoidis Anastasios Polyzoidis ( el, Αναστάσιος Πολυζωίδης, 1802–1873) was a Greek politician and judicial official. He was born in Melnik, Ottoman Empire (nowadays in Bulgaria), where he graduated local Greek school. From 1818 h ...

(1802–1873), Greek politician and judicial official * Anastasios Tsamados (1774–1825), Greek admiral of the Greek War of Independence

Sports

* Anastasios Bountouris (born 1955), Greek Olympic medalist in sailing *

Anastasios Dimitriadis Anastasios Dimitriadis ( el, Αναστάσιος Δημητριάδης, born 27 February 1997) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League 2 club Egaleo. Career PAOK On 1 July 2016 PAOK announced ...

(born 1997), Greek footballer * Anastasios Lagos (born 1992) Greek footballer * Anastasios Metaxas (1862–1937), Greek architect * Anastasios Orlandos (1887–1979), Greek archeologist and architect * Anastasios Rousakis (born 1985), Greek footballer * Anastasios Schizas (born 1977), Greek water polo player * Anastasios Triantafyllou (born 1987), Greek weightlifter

Pseudonym

* Anton Alexander Graf von Auersperg (1806–1876), Austrian poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Anastasius Grün

Other

* ''Anastasius'', a 19th-century novel by Thomas Hope