Anastasius (Latinized) or Anastasios () is a masculine given name of Greek origin derived from the Greek word (''anastasis'') meaning "

resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions involving the same person or deity returning to another body. The disappearance of a body is anothe ...

". Its female form is ''

Anastasia Anastasia (from ) is a feminine given name of Greek and Slavic origin, derived from the Greek word (), meaning "resurrection". It is a popular name in Eastern Europe. Origin The name Anastasia originated during the Early Christianity, early d ...

'' (). A diminutive form of ''Anastasios'' is ''Tassos'' () or ''Tasos'' ().

People

Byzantine emperors

Anastasius I Dicorus Anastasius I Dicorus (; – 9 July 518) was Roman emperor from 491 to 518. A career civil servant, he came to the throne at the age of 61 after being chosen by Ariadne, the wife of his predecessor, Zeno. His reign was characterized by refor ...

, reign 491–518 *

Anastasios II Anastasius II (; died 719), born Artemius (, was the Byzantine emperor from 713 to 715. His reign was marked by significant religious and political decisions aimed at stabilizing the Empire. One of his notable actions was reversing the previous ...

(died 719), reign 713–715

Popes of Rome

Pope Anastasius I Pope Anastasius I was the bishop of Rome from 27 November 399 to his death on 19 December 401. Retrieved 4 March 2012. Anastasius was born in Rome, and was the son of Maximus. He succeeded Siricius as pope and condemned the writings of the Al ...

, papacy 399–401 *

Pope Anastasius II Pope Anastasius II (died 19 November 498) was the bishop of Rome from 24 November 496 to his death on 19 November 498. He was an important figure in trying to end the Acacian schism, but his efforts resulted in the Laurentian schism, which f ...

, papacy 496–498 *

Pope Anastasius III Pope Anastasius III (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 father, although other sources ...

, papacy 911–913 *

Pope Anastasius IV Pope Anastasius IV ( – 3 December 1154), born Corrado Demetri della Suburra, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 July 1153 to his death in 1154. He is the most recent pope to take the name "Anastasius" upon his ...

, papacy 1153–1154

Other Christian saints and clergy

* Saint Anastasius, martyr under

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his ...

* 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 martyre ...

(died 304), martyr and patron saint of fullers and weavers * ( 263–11 May 305) * Anastasius of Jerusalem, patriarch of the Church of Jerusalem from 458 to 478 * Anastasius of Suppentonia (died 570), abbot *

Pope Anastasius of Alexandria Pope Anastasius of Alexandria, 36th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. During his reign, despite being barred from the city of Alexandria, he met with the Patriarch of Antioch as they worked to arrange the unification of thei ...

, Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria 605–616 * Anastasius of Antioch (disambiguation), multiple people * Saint

Anastasius of Persia Saint Anastasius of Persia, also known by his native name Magundat, was a Zoroastrian soldier in the Sasanian army who later became a convert to Christianity and was martyred in 628. Biography Anastasius was born in the city of Ray. He was the ...

(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. He was succeeded by Damian of Pavia Damian of Pavia (also ''Damianus Ticinensis, ...

(died 680), bishop of Pavia *

Anastasius of Armenia Anastasius (Latinized) or Anastasios () is a masculine given name of Greek origin derived from the Greek word (''anastasis'') meaning " resurrection". Its female form is ''Anastasia'' (). A diminutive form of ''Anastasios'' is ''Tassos'' () or ' ...

, successor of

Nerses III the Builder : ::''There was also a Caucasian Albanian Catholicos Nerses III, who ruled in 1235–1262.'' Nerses III the Builder ( ) was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 641 and 661. He was originally from the village of Ishkhan in Tayk ...

as Catholicos of Armenia from 661 to 667 * Saint

Anastasius Sinaita Anastasius Sinaita (; died after 700), also called Anastasius of Sinai or Anastasius the Sinaite, was a Greek writer, priest and abbot of Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai. Life What little is known about his life is gathered from his o ...

(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) *

Patriarch Anastasius of Constantinople Anastasius of Constantinople (also Anastasios; Greek: Ἀναστάσιος; died January 754) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 730 to 754. He had been preceded by patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (715–730). Anastasiu ...

, Patriarch of Constantinople 730–754 *

Anastasius Bibliothecarius Anastasius Bibliothecarius (c. 810 – c. 878) was the chief archivist and librarian () of the Holy See and also briefly a claimant to the papacy. Early life He was a nephew of Bishop Arsenius of Orte, who executed important commissions a ...

( 810–878), librarian of the Church of Rome, scholar and statesman, sometimes identified as an Antipope *

Astrik Saint Astrik of Pannonhalma (also known as Anastasius, Astericus, Ascrick, Astrissicus) (died c. 1030/1040) is a saint of the 11th century. Life Radla was a Czech or Croat from Bohemia, who was a monk in Hungary. He probably received the habit at ...

or Saint Anastasius of Pannonhalma, ambassador of Stephen I of Hungary * Anastasius, Cardinal-priest of the title of San Clemente, 1102–c.1125 *

Anastasius Germonius Anastasius Germonius (Anastasio Germonio in Italian and Anastase Germon in French) (15514 August 1627) was an Italian Canon lawyer, diplomatist and archbishop of Tarantaise, who belonged to the family of the marquises of Ceve, in Piedmont, wher ...

(1551–1627), Archbishop of Tarantaise and canon lawyer *

Anastasius Crimca Anastasius (, secular name Ilie Crimca, ; 1550–1629) was a Moldavian Eastern Orthodox clergyman, as well as a calligrapher, illuminator, and writer. Born in Suceava, he was the Metropolitan of Moldavia (1608–1617; 1619–1629) and the fou ...

( 1550–1629), Moldavian Eastern Orthodox clergyman, calligrapher, illuminator and writer * 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 * Joseph Wenzel Franz Anastasius (1767–1842), Prince of the House of Liechtenstein, priest and general in the Austrian army * Anastasius Hartmann (1803–1886), Capuchin, missionary in India and Titular Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Patna and Bombay * Anastasius Gribanovsky (1873–1965), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church and First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia *

Anastasios Anastasius (Latinized) or Anastasios () is a masculine given name of Greek origin derived from the Greek word (''anastasis'') meaning "resurrection". Its female form is ''Anastasia'' (). A diminutive form of ''Anastasios'' is ''Tassos'' () or '' ...

(1929–2025), Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania

Politicians and military

Anastasios Balkos Anastasios Balkos (, 1916 – 30 October 1995) was a Greek Army lieutenant general and conservative politician, who served as Greece's Minister of Public Order and as an intelligence officer in the Greek secret services. Biography Anastasios B ...

(1916–1995), Greek politician *

Anastasios Charalambis Anastasios Charalambis (; 22 September 1862 – 11 March 1949) was a Greeks, Greek Lieutenant General and interim List of Prime Ministers of Greece, Prime Minister of Greece for one day in 1922. Military service Anastasios Charalambis was born ...

(1862–1949), Greek officer and interim Prime Minister of Greece * Anastasios Dalipis (1896–1949), Greek Army officer and politician * Anastasios Karatasos (1764–1830), Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence * Anastasios Londos (1791–1856), Greek politician and senator * Anastasios Nerantzis (1944–2021), Greek politician * Anastasios Papaligouras (born 1948), Greek politician *

Anastasios Papoulas Anastasios Papoulas (; 1/13 January 1857 – 24 April 1935) was a Greek general, most notable as the Greek commander-in-chief during most of the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–22. Originally a firm royalist, after 1922 he shifted towards the re ...

(1857–1935), Greek general during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 *

Anastasios Peponis Anastasios Peponis (; 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), Peponis was an active member of two resistanc ...

(1924–2011), Greek politician *

Anastasios Polyzoidis Anastasios Polyzoidis (, 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 he was studying law, history and social studie ...

(1802–1873), Greek politician and judicial official *

Anastasios Tsamados Anastasios Tsamados (; 1772Ασπρέας Γ. (1930), Μεγάλη ''Στρατιωτική και Ναυτική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια- Λεξικόν'': Έκδοση Μεγάλης Στρατιωτικής και Ναυτικής Εγκ� ...

(1774–1825), Greek admiral of the Greek War of Independence * Anastasios Pichion (1836–1913), Greek educator and revolutionary of the Macedonian Struggle * Anastasios Andreou (1877–1947), Cypriot athlete and volunteer in the Greek army for the Greco-Turkish war of 1897 * Anastasios Voulgaris (died 1839), Bulgarian-born Greek revolutionary during the Greek War of independence * Anastasios Manakis ( 1790–1864), Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence * Anastasios Christopoulos (1805–1854), Greek lawyer and revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence * Anastasios Mavromichalis (1798–1870), Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence and politician *

Anastasios Kourakis Anastasios ("Tasos") Kourakis (; 1948 − 10 October 2021) was a Greek pediatrician, geneticist and politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). From January 2015 until July 2019 he served as Alternate Minister of Education. Biog ...

(1948–2021), Greek politician, pediatrician and geneticist * Anastasios Mitropoulos (born 1957), Greek footballer and politician * Anastasios Chatzivasileiou (born 1981), Greek politician * Anastasios Giannitsis (born 1944), Greek politician, academic and business executive * Joseph Wenzel Franz Anastasius (1767–1842), Prince of the House of Liechtenstein, priest and general in the Austrian army * Anastasius Fétul (1816–1886), Moldavian and Romanian physician, naturalist, philanthropist and political figure

Sports

Anastasios Bountouris Anastasios "Tasos" Bountouris (born 2 August 1955 in Piraeus, Greece) is a Greek sailor who competed at six Olympics between 1976 and 1996. He is the first Greek to compete at six Olympic Games, an achievement so far matched by shooter Agathi Kas ...

(born 1955), Greek Olympic medalist in sailing * Anastasios Dimitriadis (born 1997), Greek footballer * Anastasios Lagos (born 1992) Greek footballer *

Anastasios Metaxas Anastasios Metaxas (; 27 February 1862 – 28 January 1937) was a Greek architect and shooter. Biography Metaxas was the royal architect of George I of Greece and is best known for being the architect chosen by George Averoff to restore the P ...

(1862–1937), Greek sport shooter and architect * Anastasios Rousakis (born 1985), Greek footballer * Anastasios Schizas (born 1977), Greek water polo player *

Anastasios Triantafyllou Anastasios Triantafyllou (; born May 30, 1987) is a Greek weightlifter. Triantafyllou represented Greece at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's middle-heavyweight category (94 kg), along with his compatriot ...

(born 1987), Greek weightlifter * Anastasios Vatistas (born 1945), Greek sailor *

Anastasios Chatzigiovanis Anastasios "Tasos" Chatzigiovanis (; born 31 May 1997) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a winger for Super League club Asteras Tripolis and the Greece national team. Career Panathinaikos Chatzigiovanis plays mainly as a winger ...

(born 1997), Greek footballer *

Anastasios Gousis Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis (, born 7 July 1979) is a Greek sprint athlete. He was born in Corfu. He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress further from the heats in either event. At the 2004 Olympics he made ...

(born 1979), Greek sprinter * Anastasios Kritikos (born 1995), Greek footballer *

Anastasios Sidiropoulos Anastasios "Tasos" Sidiropoulos (Greek: Αναστάσιος "Τάσος" Σιδηρόπουλος; born 9 August 1979) is a Greek football referee. He referees at UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as th ...

(born 1979), Greek football referee *

Anastasios Bavelas Anastasios ("Tasos") Bavelas (Greek: Αναστάσιος ("Τάσος") Μπαβέλας; born 27 February 1968 in Athens, Attica) is a retired tennis player from Greece and current coach. Bavelas represented his native country in the doubles ...

(born 1968), Greek tennis player * Anastasios Anastasopoulos (1915–1981), Greek chess player * Anastasios Theodorakis (1902-unknown), Greek water polo player * Anastasios Gavrilis (born 1952), Greek sailor * Anastasios Kakos (born 1970), Greek football referee * Anastasios Papanastasiou (born 1964), Greek water polo player * Anastasios Vogiatzis (born 1936), Greek sailor * Anastasios Christofileas (born 1988), Greek footballer * Anastasios Karagiozis (born 1997), Greek footballer * Anastasios Andreou (1877–1947), Greek Cypriot athlete and soldier in the Greco-Turkish war of 1897 * Anastasios Papachristos (born 1993), Greek footballer * Anastasios Tsiou, Greek Paralympian athlete * Anastasios Tsikaris (born 1966), Greek water polo player * Anastasios Kissas (born 1988), Cypriot footballer * Anastasios Salonidis (born 1979), Greek footballer * Anastasios Pastos (born 1978), Greek footballer * Anastasios Katsabis (born 1973), Greek footballer * Anastasios Papakonstantinou (born 1963), Greek bobsledder * Anastasios Mousidis (1934–2010), Greek wrestler * Anastasios Tselios (born 2002), Greek footballer *

Anastasios Bakasetas Anastasios "Tasos" Bakasetas (; born 28 June 1993) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Super League club Panathinaikos and captains the Greece national team. Club career Asteras Tripolis Bakasetas came ...

(born 1993), Greek footballer * Anastasios Sapountzis (born 2002), Greek footballer *

Anastasios Dentsas Anastasios 'Tasos' Dentsas (Greek: Αναστάσιος 'Τάσος' Δέντσας; born 19 March 1982) is a Greek retired footballer and coach. He has been capped with the Greek U-21 squad. Club career Born in Vamvakofyto, Dentsas began playin ...

(born 1982), Greek footballer and coach *

Anastasios Douvikas Anastasios "Tasos" Douvikas (; born 2 August 1999) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Como and the Greek national team. Club career Asteras Tripolis Douvikas made his professional debut on 19 August 201 ...

(born 1999), Greek footballer * Anastasios Lordos (born 1949), Cypriot sport shooter *

Anastasios Donis Anastasios "Tasos" Donis (Greek: Αναστάσιος "Τάσος" Δώνης; born 29 August 1996) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Aris Thessaloniki and the Greece national team. Club c ...

(born 1996), Greek footballer *

(born 1979), Greek footballer *

Anastasios Vasiliadis Anastasios "Taso" Vasiliadis (, born 16 February 1974) is a retired professional Greek tennis player. As a junior player, he represented Australia at the 1990 Junior Davis Cup and reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 1992, where h ...

(born 1974), Greek tennis player * Anastasios Kantoutsis (born 1994), Greek footballer * Anastasios Papazoglou (born 1988), Greek footballer * Anastasios Meletidis (born 1999), Greek footballer * Anastasios Karakoutsis (born 1983), Greek footballer * Anastasios Tsoumagas (born 1991), Greek footballer * Anastasios Avlonitis (born 1990), Greek footballer * Anastasios Venetis (born 1980), Greek footballer * Anastasios Antonakis (born 1992), Greek basketball player * Anastasios Karamanos (born 1990), Greek footballer * Anastasios Kyriakos (born 1978), Greek footballer * Anastasios Zarkadas (born 1994), Greek footballer * Anastasios Kritikos (born 1914), Greek footballer *

Anastasios Pantos Anastasios "Tasos" Pantos (; born 5 May 1976) is a retired Greek footballer. He primarily played the right back position, but he also operated as a left back. Over the years, Pantos has become famous for his speed, steady physical condition his ex ...

(born 1976), Greek footballer *

Anastasios Spyropoulos Anastasios "Tasos" Spyropoulos (; born April 1, 1995) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is a tall power forward-center. Professional career Spyropoulos began his professional career on March 9, 2011, during the 2010–11 season, wit ...

(born 1995), Greek basketball player * Anastasios Tsokanis (born 1991), Greek footballer * Anastasios Markopoulos (born 1949), Greek basketball player and coach * Anastasios Dimas (born 1988), Greek basketball player * Anastasios Mitropoulos (born 1957), Greek footballer and politician

Other people named Anastasius

* Anastasius the jurist (fl. 5th or 6th century), Roman jurist *

Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Moschianus Probus Magnus Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Moschianus Probus Magnus ( Greek: Άναστάσιος) was an Eastern Roman statesman. Biography He may have been the brother of Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius Anastasius, consul in 518. ...

(fl. 6th century), Byzantine statesman * Flavius Anastasius Paulus Probus Sabinianus Pompeius (fl. 6th century), Byzantine statesman * Anastasius of Samaria (fl. 6th century), Byzantine official *

Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen (2 December 1670 in Bad Gandersheim — 12 February 1739 in Halle) was a theologian of the pietist Halle School and a scholar and follower of August Hermann Francke. He was the second director of the Franckeschen ...

(1670–1739), German theologian and scholar * Anastasius Fétul (1816–1886), Moldavian and Romanian physician, naturalist, philanthropist and political figure * Anastasius Nordenholz (1862–1953), German-Argentine author

Other people named Anastasios

* Anastasios Michail ( 1675–1722), Greek scholar * Anastasios Koulouriotis (1822–1887), Arvanite Greek writer * Anastasios Tagis (1839–1900), Greek scholar and philological teacher * Anastasios Christomanos (1841–1906), Greek chemist *

(1862–1937), Greek architect and sport shooter * Anastasios Orlandos (1887–1979), Greek archeologist and architect *

Anastasios George Leventis Anastasios George Leventis (; December 1902 – October 25, 1978) was a Greek Cypriot businessman who founded a major merchandise trading firm, A.G. Leventis (Nigeria) Plc, in West Africa. A dominant figure in the economy of many West African co ...

(1902–1975), Greek Cypriot businessman *

Anastasios Christodoulou Anastasios Christodoulou (1 May 1932 – 20 May 2002), often known as Chris Christodoulou, was a British-based Greek Cypriot university administrator. He was the Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Found ...

(1932–2002), Greek Cypriot university administrator *

Anastasios Venetsanopoulos Anastasios (Tas) Venetsanopoulos (June 19, 1941 – November 17, 2014) was a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto, Ontario and a professor emeritus with the ...

(1941–2014), Greek-Canadian engineer * Anastasios Kyriakides (born 1946), Greek-American businessman * Anastasios Bakirtzis (born 1956), Greek electrical and computer engineer * George Anastasios Magalios (born 1967), Greek-Canadian artist * Anastasios "Sakis" Rouvas (born 1972), Greek singer, actor and businessman * Anastasios Isaac (1972–1996), Greek Cypriot refugee murdered during a demonstration * Anastasios Tsonis, Greek-American atmospheric scientist *

Anastasios Soulis Anastasios Soulis (born 8 January 1987) is a Swedish actor. He was born to a Greek father, Georgios Soulis and a Finnish mother, Katariina Nerg. Selected filmography *2000 - '' Den bästa sommaren'' *2001 - '' Hem ljuva hem'' *2001 - '' Grynin ...

(born 1987), Swedish actor * Anastasios Nyfadopoulos (born 1992), Greek artist *

Anastasios Melis Anastasios Melis is a Greek-American biologist at the University of California, Berkeley who elucidated the possibility of creating hydrogen from algae. He is currently The Grace Kase and Harry Y. Tsujimoto Distinguished Professor of Plant & Micro ...

, Greek-American biologist * Anastasios John Kanellopoulos, Greek-American eye surgeon

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