Anastasius of Suppentonia explained

Saint Anastasius of Suppentonia
Death Date:570 AD
Feast Day:11 January
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church
Death Place:Castel Sant'Elia
Titles:Abbot
Patronage:Castel Sant'Elia

Saint Anastasius of Suppentonia (d. 570 AD), or Anastasius of Castel Sant'Elia, was an abbot of Suppentonia (Castel Sant’Elia).[1] 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 after the other within the next eight days.

St. Nonnosus was one of Anastasius’ monks.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patron Saints Index: Saint Anastasius . 2008-08-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080723200143/http://saints.sqpn.com/sainta6s.htm . 2008-07-23 .
  2. Alban Butler, David Hugh Farmer, Paul Burns, Butler's Lives of the Saints (Liturgical Press, 1995), 10.