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Anastasius II of Antioch
bishop of Antioch
SaintFull write-upByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 21 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
600
Died
609
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Antioch in Syria, today in Turkey, Saint Anastasius, bishop and martyr, who, under the rule of Phocas, was cruelly killed by assassins.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 20 April as a bishop of Antioch cruelly killed by assassins under Phocas.
Connected on this site
- Anastasius of Antioch Saint“Anastasius II of Antioch, also known as Anastasius the Younger, succeeded Anastasius of Antioch as Greek Patriarch of Antioch, in 599.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 20 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q486816 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Anastasius II of Antioch (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.