Anastasius
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Anastasius is derived from the Greek ἀνάστασις (anastasis) meaning "resurrection". Its female form is Anastasia.
Byzantine emperors
- Anastasius I (emperor)Anastasius I (emperor)Anastasius I was Byzantine Emperor from 491 to 518. During his reign the Roman eastern frontier underwent extensive re-fortification, including the construction of Dara, a stronghold intended to counter the Persian fortress of Nisibis....
– Byzantine emperor 491–518 - Anastasios II (died 718) – Byzantine emperor 713–715
Roman Catholic Popes
- Pope Anastasius IPope Anastasius IPope Saint Anastasius I, born in Rome the son of Maximus, was pope from November 27, 399 to 401.He condemned the writings of the Alexandrian theologian Origen shortly after their translation into Latin. He fought against these writings throughout his papacy and in 400 he called a council to discuss...
– Pope 399–401 - Pope Anastasius IIPope Anastasius IIPope Anastasius II was pope from November 24, 496 to November 16, 498.Anastasius II was Pontiff in the time of the schism of Acacius. He showed some tendency towards conciliation, and thus brought upon himself the lively reproaches of the author of the Liber Pontificalis. On the strength of this...
– Pope 496–498 - Pope Anastasius IIIPope Anastasius IIIPope Anastasius III was Pope from April 911 to June 913, was a Roman by birth. A Roman nobleman, Lucian, is sometimes recognized as his father, although other sources assert that he was the illegitimate son of his predecessor Pope Sergius III .Practically nothing is recorded of Pope Anastasius...
– Pope 911–913 - Pope Anastasius IVPope Anastasius IVPope Anastasius IV , born Corrado Demetri della Suburra, was Pope from 1153 to 1154.-Early life:He was a Roman, son of Benedictus de Suburra, probably of the family of Demetri, and became a secular clerk. He was created cardinal-priest of S. Pudenziana by Pope Paschal II no later than in 1114...
– Pope 1153 to 1154
Other Christian saints and clergy
- Saint Anastasius – a martyr under NeroNeroNero , was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor, and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius' death....
- Saint Anastasius the FullerAnastasius the FullerSaint Anastasius the Fuller is a Christian saint of the Catholic Church. Anastasius was a fuller at Aquileia who subsequently moved his business to Solin ....
– martyr (d. 304) - Anastasius of Antioch (disambiguation), multiple people
- Saint Anastasius of PersiaAnastasius of PersiaSaint Anastasius of Persia , once a member of the Zoroastrian Magi caste, became a convert of the Holy Cross and was martyred in 628....
– Persian martyr (d. 628) - Saint Anastasius of PaviaAnastasius of PaviaAnastasius of Pavia, also known as Anastasius XV, and Anastasius II, was Bishop of Pavia. Originally a convert from Arianism heresy, before being appointed to the see of Pavia.-References:...
– bishop of Pavia (d. 628) - Anastasius of Armenia – Catholicos of Armenia from 661 to 667
- Saint Anastasius SinaitaAnastasius SinaitaSaint Anastasius Sinaïta or Anastasius of Sinai, also called Anastasios of Sinai, was a prolific and important seventh century Greek ecclesiastical writer, priest, monk, and abbot of Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mt. Sinai....
(of Sinai) – theologian, Father of the Eastern Orthodox Church, monk, priest, and abbot of the monastery at Mt. Sinai (7th century) - Anastasius BibliothecariusAnastasius BibliothecariusAnastasius Bibliothecarius was Head of archives and antipope of the Roman Catholic Church.- Family and education :...
(c. 810–878) – librarian of the Church of Rome, scholar and statesman, sometimes identified as an Antipope - AstrikAstrikSaint Astrik of Pannonhalma is a saint of the 11th century. He accompanied Saint Adalbert in the latter's missionary work to the Bohemians and became the first abbot of Břevnov Monastery...
or Saint Anastasius of Pannonhalma – ambassador of Stephen I of Hungary (d. 1030)
- Anastasius of Hungary (954-1044), Apostle to Hungary
- St. Anastasius Cornicularius
- Anastasius of SuppentoniaAnastasius of SuppentoniaSaint Anastasius of Suppentonia , or Anastasius of Castel Sant'Elia, was an abbot of Suppentonia . A source on Anastasius’ life is St. Gregory the Great, who wrote that an angel appeared to summon Anastasius and all of the abbot’s monks. Anastasius and all of his monks all subsequently died one...
– abbot (died 570) - Pope Anastasius of AlexandriaPope Anastasius of AlexandriaPope Anastasius of Alexandria was the thirty-sixth Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria. During his reign, despite being personally barred from the city of Alexandria, he met with the Patriarch of Antioch as they worked to arrange the unification of their two churches.He was a priest of Alexandria when...
– Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria 605–616 - Patriarch Anastasius of ConstantinoplePatriarch Anastasius of ConstantinopleAnastasios was the patriarch of Constantinople from 730 to 754. The patriarchate of Constantinople is a high position in the eastern branch of Christianity. He succeeded Germanos I . Anastasios was heavily involved in the controversy over icons . His opinion of icons changed twice...
(I) – Patriarch of Constantinople 730–754 - Anastasius GermoniusAnastasius GermoniusAnastasius Germonius was an Italian Canon lawyer, diplomatist and archbishop of Tarantaise, who belonged to the family of the marquises of Ceve, in Piedmont, where he was born....
– Archbishop of Tarantaise and canon lawyer (1551–1627)
Anastasio
- Anastasio Somoza GarcíaAnastasio Somoza GarcíaAnastasio Somoza García was officially the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1937 to 1 May 1947 and from 21 May 1950 to 29 September 1956, but ruled effectively as dictator from 1936 until his assassination.-Biography:Somoza was born in San Marcos, Carazo Department in Nicaragua, the son of...
, Nicaraguan dictator (ruled 1936–1956) - Anastasio Somoza DebayleAnastasio Somoza DebayleAnastasio Somoza Debayle was a Nicaraguan leader and officially the 73rd and 76th President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was de facto ruler of the country from 1967 to 1979...
(1925–1980), Nicaraguan dictator (ruled 1967–1979) - Anastasio Somoza PortocarreroAnastasio Somoza PortocarreroAnastasio Somoza Portocarrero is a son of former Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza Debayle and Hope Portocarrero de Somoza. Also known as El Chigüín—"daddy's kid"—Somoza Portocarrero had been the heir apparent to the Somoza dynasty prior to the ouster of his father by the...
(born 1951), son of Somoza Debayle
Pseudonym
- Anton Alexander Graf von AuerspergAnton Alexander Graf von AuerspergCount Anton Alexander von Auersperg, also known under the pen name Anastasius Grün , was an Austrian poet and liberal politician from Carniola.-Biography:...
(1806–1876) – Austrian poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Anastasius Grün.
Other
- Anastasius, a novel by Thomas Hope in the early 19th century.