ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 27th of April WELCOME! SAINT ANASTASIUS I., POPE AND CONFESSOR ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index (Some calendars commemorate St Anastasius on December 19 . ) Saint Anastasius was by birth a Roman, and had, by many combats and labours, acquired a high reputation for his virtues and abilities. He succeeded Siricius in the papacy, in 398. "A MAN OF A HOLY LIFE" St Jerome calls him a man of a holy life, of a most rich poverty, and endued with an apostolic solicitude and zeal. He exerted himself in stopping the progress of Origenism. When Rufinus had translated the dangerous books of Origen, On the Principles, he condemned that translation as tending to weaken our faith, built on the tradition of the apostles and our fathers, as he says in his letter on this subject, to John, bishop of Jerusalem. As to Rufinus, he leaves to God his intention in translating this work. HE EXERTED HIMSELF IN STOPPING ORIGENISM In this...