Feastday: September 7
Death: 304
Martyr from Aquileia, near modern Venice, Italy. A fuller or cloth merchant, Anastasius moved to Salona in Dalmatia, Yugoslavia. There he painted a cross on the door of his shop and was speedily arrested and drowned.
Saint Anastasius the Fuller (died 304) is a Christian saint of the Catholic Church. Anastasius was a fuller at Aquileia who subsequently moved his business to Solin (some sources say Split).
He was martyred by being drowned after he had proclaimed his Christian faith openly by painting a cross on his door.
He is the patron saint of fullers and weavers. His feast day is September 7 (formerly August 26).
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