Anastasius

Anastasius
Gender	male
Language(s)	Greek
Origin
Meaning	resurrection
Other names
Related names	Anastasia, Tassos

Anastasius or Anastasios (Greek: Αναστάσιος, Anastasios) is derived from the Greek ἀνάστασις (anastasis) meaning "resurrection". Its female form is Anastasia (Greek: Αναστασία) . A diminutive form of Anastasios is Tasos (Greek: Τάσος).

Proper name

Byzantine emperors

• Anastasius I (emperor) – Byzantine emperor 491–518
• Anastasios II (died 718) – Byzantine emperor 713–715

Popes

• Pope Anastasius I – Pope 399–401
• Pope Anastasius II – Pope 496–498
• Pope Anastasius of Alexandria – Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria 605–616
• Pope Anastasius III – Pope 911–913
• Pope Anastasius IV – Pope 1153 to 1154

Other Christian saints and clergy

• Saint Anastasius – a martyr under Nero
• Saint Anastasius the Fuller – martyr (d. 304)
• Anastasius of Antioch (disambiguation), multiple people
• Anastasius (Graeco-Roman jurist) – fl. 6th century
• Saint Anastasius of Persia – Persian martyr (d. 628)
• Saint Anastasius of Pavia– bishop of Pavia (d. 628)
• Anastasius of Armenia – Catholicos of Armenia from 661 to 667
• Saint Anastasius Sinaita (of Sinai) – theologian, Father of the Eastern Orthodox Church, monk, priest, and abbot of the monastery at Mt. Sinai (fl. 7th century)
• Anastasius (abbot of Euthymius) – fl. 7th or 8th century
• Anastasius Bibliothecarius (c. 810–878) – librarian of the Church of Rome, scholar and statesman, sometimes identified as an Antipope
• Astrik or Saint Anastasius of Pannonhalma – ambassador of Stephen I of Hungary (d. 1030)
• Anastasius of Hungary (954-1044), Apostle to Hungary
• Saint Anastasius of Lleida
• St. Anastasius Cornicularius
• Anastasius of Suppentonia – abbot (died 570)
• Patriarch Anastasius of Constantinople (I) – Patriarch of Constantinople 730–754
• Anastasius Germonius – Archbishop of Tarantaise and canon lawyer (1551–1627)
• Anastasius the Melodist (Hymnographer) – believed to be a name of three or more melodists, one of whom is believed to have been a contemporary of Rhomanos

Other people

• Anastasios Bountouris (b. 1955), Greek Olympic medalist in sailing
• Anastasios Orlandos (1887–1979), Greek archaeologist
• Anastasios Tsamados (1774 – 1825), Greek admiral of the Greek War of Independence

Anastasio

• Anastasio Somoza García, Nicaraguan dictator (ruled 1936–1956)
• Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925–1980), Nicaraguan dictator (ruled 1967–1979)
• Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero (born 1951), son of Somoza Debayle

Pseudonym

• Anton Alexander Graf von Auersperg (1806–1876), Austrian poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Anastasius Grün.

Other

• Anastasius, a novel by Thomas Hope in the early 19th century.