Anastasia of Sirmium, End of XIII century – first half of XV century
Byzantine Icon
Tempera on wood
Size – 99 x 65.5 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Holy Great Martyr Anastasia the Widow, the Deliverer from Potions, was born in Rome to a wealthy and prominent family; the daughter of Praetextatus, a Roman vir illustris, the highest ranks within the senates of Rome. Though her father was a pagan, her mother Fausta instructed her in the things of God. Her father married her against her will to Publius…
Zaidan Gallery 
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