Anastasius

Anastasius is a male given name. The pronunciation of the name is [ an-uh-stey-shuhs, -shee-uhs ]. It is from the Greek  (anastasis) meaning "resurrection". Its female form is Anastasia. This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).

Proper name
Byzantine emperors
Anastasius I (emperor) – Byzantine emperor 491–518
Anastasios II (died 718) – Byzantine emperor 713–715

Popes
Pope Anastasius I – Pope 399–401
Pope Anastasius II – Pope 496–498
Pope Anastasius III – Pope 911–913
Pope Anastasius IV – Pope 1153 to 1154

Other Christian saints and clergy
Saint Anastasius – a martyr under Nero
Saint Anastasius the Fuller – martyr (d. 304)
Anastasius of Antioch (disambiguation), multiple people
Saint Anastasius of Persia – Persian martyr (d. 628)
Saint Anastasius of Pavia– bishop of Pavia (d. 628)
Anastasius of Armenia – Catholicos of Armenia from 661 to 667
Saint Anastasius Sinaita (of Sinai) – theologian, Father of the Eastern Orthodox Church, monk, priest, and abbot of the monastery at Mt. Sinai (7th century)
Anastasius Bibliothecarius (c. 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 (d. 1030)
Anastasius of Hungary (954-1044), Apostle to Hungary
Saint Anastasius of Lleida
St. Anastasius Cornicularius
Anastasius of Suppentonia – abbot (died 570)
Pope Anastasius of Alexandria – Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria 605–616
Patriarch Anastasius of Constantinople (I) – Patriarch of Constantinople 730–754
Anastasius Germonius – Archbishop of Tarantaise and canon lawyer (1551–1627)

Anastasio
 Anastasio Somoza García, Nicaraguan dictator (ruled 1936–1956)
 Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925–1980), Nicaraguan dictator (ruled 1967–1979)
 Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero (born 1951), son of Somoza Debayle

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

Other
 Anastasius, a novel by Thomas Hope in the early 19th century.

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