Saint Anastasia the Patrician (Anastasia Patricia) was the wife of a consul and a lady-in-waiting to the Byzantine empress Theodora. Justinian I Theodora’s husband pursued her arousing Theodora’s jealousy. Anastasia tried to avoid any trouble and left for Egypt. She arrived at a place called Pempton near Alexandria where she founded a monastery which would later be named after her.
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0576-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
venerated in
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Catholic Church
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