This is all I find recorded of _Anastasius_, by the antient Writers. He died on the 27th of _April_ 402. after having held the See of _Rome_ Four Years, One Month, and Thirteen Days. [Sidenote: _Is greatly commended by_ Jerom.] _Jerom_, with whom he sided against _Ruffinus_, and the other Friends of _Origen_, distinguishes him with the Title of an _eminent Man_; and adds, _that_ Rome _did not deserve to enjoy him long, lest the Head of the World should be cut off under such a Bishop; nay, he was snatched away_, says he, _lest he should strive to ward off, with his Prayers, the Execution of the Sentence that was already pronounced; the Lord saying to_ Jeremiah, _Pray not for this People for their Good: when they fast, I will not hear their Cry_, &c[1389]. _Jerom_ speaks there of the Calamities that befel _Rome_ Seven Years after, when it was taken by the _Goths_, under _Alaric_. _Theophilus_ Bishop of _Alexandria_, not only an avowed Enemy to _Origen_, but a cruel Persecutor of all who stood up in his Defence, extols _Anastasius_ for his pastoral Care, and indefatigable Pains, in preserving and maintaining the Purity of the Catholic Faith[1390]; alluding, no doubt, to his acting in Concert with him, against _Origen_, and the pretended _Origenists_. [Sidenote: _Is honoured as a Saint._] Be that as it will, _Anastasius_ is now honoured as a Saint by the Church of _Rome_; and the Honours paid him are chiefly owing to the Commendations of _Jerom_ and _Theophilus_, whose Party he so warmly espoused. As to the Writings of _Anastasius_, Mention is made, by _Jerom_, of several Letters written by him on different Occasions; but that alone has reached our Times, which he writ to _John_ Bishop of _Jerusalem_, and some Fragments of another to one _Ursinus_, on the _Incarnation_[N46]. ----- Footnote N46: The Two Decretals that have been transmitted to us under his Name, are evidently supposititious, the one being dated Fourteen Years before his Election, and the other Fourteen years after his Death. One of these pretended Decretals is addressed to the _German_ and _Burgundian_ Bishops, tho’ nothing is more certain, than that the _Burgundians_ were not converted to the Christian Religion till many Years after his Death, till the Year 436. if _Socrates_ is to be credited[N46.1]. They are both made up of several Passages taken from the Letters of _Innocent_, _Leo_, _Gregory_, and others; and were, in all Likelihood, forged, as many others have been, by _Isidorus Mercator_. Footnote N46.1: Socr. l. 7. c. 30. ----- [Sidenote: _An ill-timed Observation of_ Baronius.]