Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Saints & hagiography Saints

Anastasius of Salona, Saint, Martyr

ANASTASIO DI SALONA, SANTO, MARTIRE

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Also known as: St. Anastasius of Salona; Italian: San Anastasio di Salona; Latin: Anastasius Salonitanus

ANASTASIUS OF SALONA, Saint, Martyr. - He lived in the 4th century, and seems to have been a native of Aquileia, where he practiced the trade of a fuller. Having moved to Salona (Dalmatia), he met martyrdom there under Diocletian, probably in 304. A wealthy matron named Asclepia, having recovered his body, had it buried in her own villa, where the Christian cemetery of Marusinac later arose. After Salona was destroyed by the Avars, Pope John IV (640-42) had the saint's relics transported to Rome, which later gave rise to a duplication of the person of A. in hagiographic literature. A. of S. is depicted among the saints of the famous mosaic of the Lateran baptistery. He is commemorated on 26 Aug.

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BIBL.: Martyr. Hieronymianum, pp. 467, 492; Martyr. Romanum, pp. 351, 384; H. Delchaye, S. Anastase Martyr de Salone, in Analecta Bollandiana, 16 (1897), pp. 488-500; I. Zeiler, s. v. in DGH, II, coll. 1440-42.

Mario Scaduto

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1157.

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Scaduto, Mario. “Anastasio di Salona, santo, martire.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1157. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/anastasio-di-salona-santo-martire.

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Scaduto, Mario. “Anastasio di Salona, santo, martire.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1157. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/anastasio-di-salona-santo-martire.

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  author    = {Scaduto, Mario},
  title     = {Anastasio di Salona, santo, martire},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1157},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/anastasio-di-salona-santo-martire}
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