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Martyr Anna at Rome

Also known as Anna of Rome

A martyr of Rome; no details of her life are preserved.

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Life

The Martyr Anna at Rome is an early Christian martyr venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church on July 5. No surviving account of her life has been preserved: the Orthodox calendar tradition records her only as a martyr associated with Rome, and the synaxarion gives no biographical detail.

She is commemorated on July 5 together with a number of unrelated saints of the day, among them Venerable Athanasius of Mount Athos. Because no era, family, or circumstances of her martyrdom have come down, she remains known to the Church chiefly by name and by her connection to Rome.

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KontakionTone 2

(Podoben: “You sought the heights...”) You appeared as a bright star announcing Christ with your radiance,
which is repulsive to this world, O Martyr Anna;
extinguishing the allure of false gods,
you enlighten the faithful,
always interceding for us all.

Text used with permission of the Orthodox Church in America (oca.org).

TroparionTone 4

Your holy martyr Anna, O Lord,
through her sufferings has received an incorruptible crown from You, our God.
For having Your strength, she laid low her adversaries,
and shattered the powerless boldness of demons.
Through her intercessions, save our souls!

Text used with permission of the Orthodox Church in America (oca.org).

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Sources & What Is Known

The principal sources that name the Martyr Anna at Rome — the Orthodox Church in America's Lives of the Saints and the OrthodoxWiki calendar — preserve no narrative of her life. The OCA entry for her on July 5 states only that no information is available, while OrthodoxWiki lists her by name among the day's commemorations without further detail.

As a result, her century, the place and manner of her martyrdom, and any tradition of her relics are not recorded in the consulted sources. She is attested solely as a named martyr linked to Rome and to the fixed feast of July 5.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints