Anastasia - [ Syriac Not Available ]
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Names
Sex
female, but thought by her associates to be a eunuch3
Floruit
5483
Descriptions
In hagiography: Andronicus was a married man from Alexandria. His wife was Athanasia, and when their children died, they lived apart as monastics. In the Syriac version of the story of Athanasia, she is found living in the desert as a eunuch by the monk Daniel of Scetis. Daniel and his disciple give her the sacraments before she dies, and when she dies, they discover that she was a woman.
Event
Anastasia is commemorated in Daniel of Scetis (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/1179] .
Attestation
Anastasia is commemorated in Anastasia (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/907] .
1Status: incomplete
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Works Cited
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- 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca, entry: 703.
- 2 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: St Anastasia.
- 3 Sebastian P. Brock and Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Holy women of the Syrian Orient (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987)., pp: 142-149.
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Anastasia — ܐܢܣܛܐܣܝܐ
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Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Anastasia — ܐܢܣܛܐܣܝܐ .”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, David A. Michelson and David A. Michelson. Vol. 1 of The Syriac Biographical Dictionary, edited by David A. Michelson. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1584.About this Entry
Entry Title: Anastasia — ܐܢܣܛܐܣܝܐ
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