caption death_date death_place birth_place attributes feast_day imagesize venerated_in patronage birth_date titles major_shrine image article_title name
modern . orthodox christian icon of saint anastasia the great-martyr december 25 -lrb- 3rd century -rrb- sirmium , pannonia secunda -lrb- modern serbia -rrb- rome palm ; martyrs cross , medicine pot -lrb- east -rrb- branch , bowl of fire -lrb- west -rrb- december catholic -rrb- 22 -lrb- orthodox -rrb- ; december 25 -lrb- 250px coptic , orthodox church eastern orthodox church roman catholic church martyrs poison ; weavers ; widows ; those suffering from 2nd century martyr cathedral of st. anastasia , zadar saint anastasia.jpg anastasia of sirmium
 saint anastasia
anastasia of sirmium

saint anastasia is a christian saint and martyr who died at sirmium in the roman province of pannonia secunda -lrb- modern serbia -rrb- .
in the orthodox church , she is venerated as st. anastasia the `` pharmakolytria '' , i.e. `` deliverer from potions '' -lrb- -rrb- .
concerning anastasia little is reliably known , save that she died in the persecutions of diocletian ; most stories about her date from several centuries after her death and make her variously a roman or sirmian native and a roman citizen of patrician rank .
one legend makes her the daughter of a certain praetextus and the pupil of saint chrysogonus .
catholic tradition states that her mother was st. fausta of sirmium .
anastasia has long been venerated as a healer and exorcist .
her relics lie in the cathedral of st. anastasia in zadar , croatia .
she is one of seven women , who along with the blessed virgin mary , are commemorated by name in the canon of the mass. .
