Aγ. Πελαγία και Αναστασία της Ρώμης ξύλινη βυζαντινή εικόνα

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Iconographer: Kartsonaion
Commemorates on: October 8
Saint Pelagia was from Tarsus of Cilicia and contested in martyrdom under Diocletian, in 284: she was cast into a bull fashioned of bronze, which had been heated with fire.

Saint Anastasia went about secretly to the dwellings of the poor and the prisons where the Martyrs of Christ were, and brought them whatever was needed for their daily subsistence. She washed their wounds and loosed them from their fetters, and consoled them in their anguish. Also, because the Saint, through her intercessions, has healed many from the ill effects of spells, potions, poisons, and other harmful substances, she has received the name “Deliverer from Potions.” Since the fame of her deeds had spread about, she was arrested by Diocletians minions, and after enduring many torments she was put to death by fire in the year 290