Pope Anastasius I

St. Anastasius I (* in Rome, † December 19 401) was 27 November 399 ( according to Prosper Tiro of Aquitaine 398) to December 401 Pope. Anastasius means: the Risen (Greek ).

About the life and work of Anastasius ' I. few messages are delivered. Only three letters have been preserved, in which he joins the condemnation of Origen. His friends included St. Augustine, Saint Jerome and Saint Paulinus of Nola. Shortly before his death in Rome he convened a council.

Jerome reported Anastasius was the father of his successor Innocent I..

The relics of St. Anastasius 846 were brought together with those of his successor Innocent from the Saxon Count Liudolf to Gander home where they rest today in the crypt of the former collegiate church.

His feast day is December 19.