Five Anastasiae and Two Febroniae: A Guided Tour in the Maze of Anastasia Legends. Part Two: The Roman Dossier. II. Anastasia Between Bassilla and Petronilla (Concluding Part)

In this concluding part of the study of the western hagiographical dossier of St Anastasia, the attention is focused on two main problems: the earliest cult of St Anastasia in Sirmium (replacing the cult of St Bassilla with the cult of St Anastasia) and the cult of Anastasia and Petronilla in the St Andrew church created by Pope Symmachus near St Peter’s cathedral. The development of the cult of St Petronilla (the legendary daughter of Apostle Peter) is related to a specific commemoration of St Peter established by Pope Leo the Great.