Saint Anastasia of Serbia

Ana Vukanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Вукановић); fl. 1196 – died 22 June 1200) was the princess consort of the Serbian Principality as the wife of Stefan Nemanja (r. 1166–1196). She was of noble descent from Vukanović's. Ana took monastic vows in 1196 and was tonsured as Anastasia, after Anastasia of Sirmium. She is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, especially in the Serbian Orthodox Church, where she is known as Saint Anastasia (Serbian: Света Анастасија, romanized: Sveta Anastasija) with her feast day being commemorated on 21 June (on the Julian Calendar). Her origins have never been concluded. The earliest source mentioning her origin was Domentijan (c. 1210 – after 1264), who said of her: "a great princess, daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Romanos", only Romanos IV Diogenes ruled from 1068 to 1071, making this genealogy impossible. Through her marriage with Stefan Nemanja, they had three sons and three daughters: