The New International Encyclopædia/Anastasia the Younger

ANASTASIA THE YOUNG′ER. A noble Roman woman who suffered martyrdom during the Diocletian persecution (303 A.D.); the wife of Publius, a pagan, who informed against her as a Christian. Two letters written by her in prison are preserved in Suidas. The Greeks commemorate her as a saint on December 22d; the Latins, on December 25th.