ANASTASIO, apostle of the MACIARI, saint. - The identity of A. is still disputed. Some identify him with a certain Radla, a Czech, friend of St. Adalberto of Praga; others believe him to have been a monk of S. Alessio in Roma, where he met Adalberto. It is certain that he followed the latter to Praga and was appointed by him abbot of Brewnow. From 995 he lived in Ungheria as a missionary and was the first abbot of Martinsberg (1001). Others, however, identify A. with a certain Astrich (Ascherius), who brought the crown from Roma to Ungheria for King Stefano (1001), and who subsequently appears as bishop of Ungheria at a synod in Francoforte (1007), at the dedication of the cathedral of Bamberga (1012), and in the list of bishops of Calocsa in Ungheria (1015). A. died on 12 Nov. 1036 or 1039. He is not included in the Martirologio romano, but only in certain local martyrologies.
Anastasius, Apostle Of The Macarians, Saint
BIBL.: F. Knauz, Monumenta ecclesiae Strigoniensis, I, Gran 1874; G. H. Voigt, Adalbert von Prag, Praga 1898 (identifies him with Astrich); L. Erdely, Storia dell'arciabazia del Monte di S. Martino (in Hungarian), Budapest 1912; E. Amann, in A. Fliche and V. Martin, Histoire de l'Eglise, VII, Parigi 1940, p. 379 (L. Erdely and E. Amann oppose the identification).
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“ANASTASIO, APOSTOLO DEI MACIARI, SANTO.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), p. 707. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/anastasio-apostolo-dei-maciari-santo.