Anastasia The Roman
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Saint Anastasia the Roman was a
nun A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.''The Oxford English Dictionary'', vol. X, page 599. The term is o ...
martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an externa ...
ed under the Roman emperor Decius around the year 250. She is celebrated on 29 October. This St. Anastasia should not be confused with another St. Anastasia of Rome who was martyred with St. Basilissa in 68 AD.


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List of saints named Anastasia Saint Anastasia or Santa Anastasia may refer to one of several saints, including: * Basilissa and Anastasia of Rome (fl. c. 68), martyrs * Anastasia the Roman (fl. c. 253), martyr * Anastasia of Sirmium from Rome (fl. c. 304), martyr * Anastasia ...


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Saint Anastasia The Great Martyr
from Jehanne d'Arc
Orthodox Wiki
Year of birth unknown 250 deaths Saints from Roman Italy Ante-Nicene Christian female saints {{saint-stub