Saint Anastasia of Serbia
Mosaic of St. Anastasia in theChurch of Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming [sr]
Venerable Mother
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church
Majorshrine	Studenica Monastery
Feast	4 July [O.S.21 June]
Attributes	Monastic vestments, cross
Grand Princess consort of Serbia
Grand Princess consort of Serbia
Tenure	fl. 1196
Died	(1200-06-22)22 June 1200
Burial	Studenica Monastery
Spouses	Stefan Nemanja
House	Nemanjić dynasty (by marriage)

Ana Vukanović (Serbian Cyrillic:Ана Вукановић);fl. 1196 – died 22 June 1200) was theprincess consort of theSerbian Principality as the wife ofStefan Nemanja (r. 1166–1196). She was of noble descent fromVukanović's. Ana tookmonastic vows in 1196 and wastonsured asAnastasia, afterAnastasia of Sirmium.

She isvenerated as a saint in theEastern Orthodox Church, especially in theSerbian Orthodox Church, where she is known asSaint Anastasia (Serbian:Света Анастасија,romanized: Sveta Anastasija) with herfeast day being commemorated on21 June (on theJulian Calendar).

Her origins have never been concluded. The earliest source mentioning her origin wasDomentijan (c. 1210 – after 1264), who said of her: "a great princess, daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Romanos", onlyRomanos IV Diogenes ruled from 1068 to 1071, making this genealogy impossible.

• Mavro Orbini, writing in 1601, mentioned her as a daughter of theBan of Bosnia. He perhaps mixed her up with the wife ofPrince Miroslav, who was the sister ofBan Kulin. However this is not supported by any sources.^[1]
• Jovan Rajić thought Ana was the daughter ofBan Borić, although this is not supported by any sources. Vaso Glušac believed her to have been the sister of Ban Borić.^[1]
• Simeon Bogdanović–Siniša claimed that Ana was the daughter ofBan Borić, however, he wrongly thought that Borić andBoris Kalamanos were the same person (when in fact, Boris died in 1154, and Borić was alive in 1163), thus Ana, based on this assumption, would have been the daughter of Boris.^[1][2]
• Justin Popović mentioned her to have been the daughter ofManuel I Komnenos, who after the conflict withUroš II of Serbia wed of his daughter to him in order to make peace.
• Other theories include her being a Hungarian princess or "Frankish" (French) princess.

Through her marriage withStefan Nemanja, they had three sons and three daughters:

• Stefan Nemanjić (c. 1165–1228), Stefan Nemanja's successor.
• Rastko Nemanjić (Saint Sava) (1169/1174–1235/1236), the founder and first archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
• Vukan Nemanjić, Grand Prince ofDuklja(r. 1190–1208) andGrand Prince of Serbia (r. 1202–1204)
• Jefimija, who marriedManuel Doukas, regent of Thessaloniki (c. 1187 – c. 1241)
• A daughter who married TihomirAsen, and gave birth toBulgarian TsarConstantine Tih Asen (r. 1257–1277)

• Nemanjić family tree
• List of Serbian saints

• Predrag Puzović (1998)."GOSPOĐA ANA, NEZNANOG POREKLA".SRPSKO NASLEĐE - ISTORIJSKE SVESKE - BROJ 5 - MAJ 1998. NIP „GLAS“.

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