Anastaso 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | F |
| Floruit | M/L VIII |
| Dates | 752 (taq) / 794 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 342 |
| Religion | Christian; Iconoclast; Iconophile |
| Locations | Marykaton (Bithynia); Marykaton (Bithynia); Marykaton (Bithynia) (residence); Marykaton (Bithynia) |
| Textual Sources | Vita Ioannicii, by Petrus the monk (BHG 936), AASS November II 1, pp. 384-435 (hagiography); Vita Ioannicii, by Sabas the monk (BHG 935), AASSNovember II 1, pp. 332-383 (hagiography) |
Anastaso 1 was the wife of Myritzikos 1 and mother of St Ioannikios (Ioannikios 2); the family lived in the village of Marykaton north of Lake Apollonias in Bithynia: Sabas, Vita Ioannicii 2, Petrus, Vita Ioannicii 4. The birth of Ioannikios 2 was during the reign of Constantine V (Konstantinos 7), allegedly in the emperor's fourteenth regnal year (in c. 752/754). They were iconoclasts: Sabas, Vita Ioannicii 2. They probably abandoned iconoclasm at the same time as Ioannikios 2 (c. 787) and were still alive in c. 794, when Ioannikios 2 went to become a hermit with their blessing: Sabas, Vita Ioannicii 4, 5, 7.
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