Anastasios Sinaites

Rembrandt, St. Anastasius, 1631 Stockholm National Museum

Anastasios Sinaites , also Anastasius Sinaita (* approx. 630; † after 700), was a monk and church writer.

Anastasios, born in Amathos (Cyprus), was presbyter and monk in St. Catherine's Monastery (Sinai) , of which he ran the hospital. In addition, he developed an extensive literary activity, in which he mainly devoted himself to the defense of the Chalcedonian orthodoxy and pastoral problems. Many of his sermons, writings, and speeches have survived and have been republished in recent years.

He is venerated as a saint . His feast day is April 21st .

The two eponymous bishops of Antioch on the Orontes , Anastasios (559-599) and his successor Anastasios (599-610), are sometimes referred to by the name Anastasios Sinaites.

Works

• Kuehn, Clement A. - John D. Baggarly (ed. And transl.), Anastasius of Sinai. Hexaemeron (Orientalia Christiana Analecta 278). Rome: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 2007.

• Richard, Marcel - Joseph Munitiz (eds.), Anastasii Sinaïtae: Quaestiones et responsiones (CCSG 59). Turnhout: Brepols, 2006.

• Joseph Munitiz (ed.), Anastasius of Sinai, Questions and Answers. Introduction, translation and notes (Corpus Christianorum in Translation 7). Turnhout: Brepols, 2011.

• Uthemann, Karl-Heinz (ed.), Anastasii Sinaïtae: Viae dux ["Hodegos"] (CCSG 8). Turnhout: Brepols, 1981.

• Uthemann, Karl-Heinz (Ed.), Anastasii Sinaïtae: Sermones duo in constitutionem hominis secundum imaginem Dei necnon opuscula adversus monotheletas (CCSG 12). Turnhout: Brepols, 1985.

• Binggeli, André (ed. And transl .), Anastase le Sinaïte: Récits sur le Sinaï et Récits utiles à l'âme. Edition, traduction, commentaire . 2 vol. Diss. Paris Sorbonne, 2001 (Lille: ANRT 2003: 2 microfiches)

literature

• Adolf Jülicher : Anastasios 9 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Sp. 2068 f .;

Web links

• Anastasios page on the net

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