Saint – patrons of Zadar, Croatia -it is animated!

6/22/ ST. ANASTASIA Saint Anastasia (Greek: Ἀ ναστασία: "resurrection", often Ἁ γία Ἀ ναστασία ἡ Φαρμακολύτρια, "St. Anastasia the Healer" ) was a Christian saint and martyr who died at Sirmium. In the Orthodo Church she is commemorated as the Great Martyr Anastasia, the Deliverer from Potions (Greek: Hagia Anastasia Pharmacolytria). Concerning Anastasia little is reliably known, save that she died in the persecutions of Diocletian; most stories about her date from several centuries after her death and make her variously a Roman or Sirmian native and a Roman citizen of patrician rank. One legend makes her the daughter of a certain Praetextus and the pupil of Saint Chrysogonus, Catholic tradition states that her mother was St. Fausta of Sirmium.

The cathedral of Zadar is called after the Saint! Her relics lie in the Cathedral of St. Anastasia in Zadar, Croatia. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin Mary, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. We can see her on the portal of the cathedral 6/22/20163

2. St. CHRYSOGONUS Chrysogonus was martyred at Aquileia, probably during the Persecution of Diocletian, was buried there, and publicly venerated by the faithful of that region. He is the patron saint of Zadar. His name is found in the "Martyrologium Hieronymianum" on two different days, 31 May and 24 November, with the topographical note "in Aquileia". Very early indeed the veneration of this martyr of Aquileia was transferred to Rome, where in Trastevere a titular church bears his name. This church ("Titulus Chrysogoni") is first mentioned in the signatures of the Roman Synod of 499, but it probably dates from the 4th century. It is possible that the founder of the church was a certain Chrysogonus, and that, on account of the similarity of name, the church was soon devoted to the veneration of the martyr of Aquileia, In a similar way the veneration of Saint Anastasia of Sirmium was transplanted to Rome. It is also possible, however, that from the beginning, for some unknown reason, it was consecrated to Saint Chrysogonus and does take its name from him. 6/22/20164

DIED ON 23 NOVEMBER About the 6th century arose a legend of the martyr that made him a Roman and brought him into relation with Saint Anastasia, evidently to explain the veneration of Chrysogonus in the Roman church that bears his name. According to this legend, Chrysogonus, at first a functionary of the vicarius Urbis, was the Christian teacher of Anastasia, the daughter of the noble Roman Praetextatus. Being thrown into prison during the persecution of Diocletian, he comforted by his letters the severely afflicted Anastasia. By order of Diocletian, Chrysogonus was brought before the emperor at Aquileia, condemned to death, and beheaded. His corpse, thrown into the sea, was washed ashore and buried by the aged priest Zoilus who is also the patron saint of Zadar. In the legend the death of the saint is placed on 23 November. 6/22/20165

NOW, THE TOWN WORSHIPS HIM BY HAVING ITS COAT OF ARMS WITH THE SAINT ON IT 6/22/20166

AND THIS IS HIS CHURCH IN ZADAR; ALL THREE CHURCHES ARE IN ROMANESQUE STYLE! 6/22/20167

3. ST. SIMEON Locals say that a merchant who was shipping the body of St Simeon from the Holy Land to Venice was caught in a storm, and sought shelter here. He fell ill, and before he died had the body buried, but told the nurses taking care of him that they would find something interesting in his documents. They found an inscription of the powers of the saint around his neck, and asked three local priests to dig up the grave that night. Not yet knowing the true nature of the occupant of the grave, visions appeared to them, and St Simeon has been revered in Zadar ever since. The silver casket of St. Simeon can be viewed daily and his remains will be shown to the public on his patron day, October the 8 th. 6/22/20168

ST. SIMEON’S CASKET/SHRINE In the church of the same name, a gilded silver casket on the altar is raised on the outstretched arms of four bronze angels. It contains the remains of the popular saint-protector of the city. Commissioned in 1381 by Elizabeth, wife of Croat-Hungarian King Ludwig I of Anjou, it's one of the finest examples of the work of Zadar's silversmiths, and inside and out shows in intricate detail scenes from the saint's life and the city's history. 6/22/20169

ST. ZOILO St. Zoilo - a less renowned saint of Zadar. He was a priest in a city close to Aquila in the 3rd century A. D. After St. Grisogono had died his martyr's death it was he who retrieved the body from the sea, which had, mysteriously, been reunited with the severed head, and he buried the body at his own home. Apart from this deed he also placed three martyr sisters (Irena, Kiona and Agape) who St. Anastasia recommended to his welfare under his protection. Due to all his good deeds his body was moved to Zadar where he is worshipped as one of the patron saints. 6/22/201610