[Footnote 63: The genuine acts of St. Anastasius are
published in those of the with general council, from whence
Baronius (Annal. Eccles. A.D. 614, 626, 627) and Butler
(Lives of the Saints, vol. i. p. 242 - 248) have taken their
accounts. The holy martyr deserted from the Persian to the
Roman army, became a monk at Jerusalem, and insulted the
worship of the Magi, which was then established at Caesarea
in Palestine.]