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Anastasia - ܐܢܣܛܐܣܝܐ

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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.

Names

  • ܐܢܣܛܐܣܝܐ
  • Anastasia1, 2
  • Anastasie

Floruit

5482

Sex

female, but thought by her associates to be a eunuch2

Event

Anastasia is commemorated in Daniel of Scetis (text) [http://syriaca.org/work/1179] .

Notes

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.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 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.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Sebastian P. Brock and Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Holy women of the Syrian Orient (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987)., pp: 142-149.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, “Anastasia — ܐܢܣܛܐܣܝܐ [deprecated]” last modified July 26, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/3002.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent, “Anastasia — ܐܢܣܛܐܣܝܐ [deprecated].”, edited by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent 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 July 26, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/3002.

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Entry Title: Anastasia — ܐܢܣܛܐܣܝܐ [deprecated]

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