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Basil Fool for Christ
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Key facts
- Born
- December 1468, Yelokhovo
- Died
- 2 August 1552 or 1557 (aged 83 or 88), Moscow, Russia
- Venerated in
- Eastern Orthodox Church , Eastern Catholicism
- Canonized
- 2 August 1588, Moscow by Russian Orthodox Church
- Major shrine
- Saint Basil's Cathedral , Moscow
- Feast
- 2 August (15 August N.S. )
- Attributes
- Dressed in rags, with chains, or completely naked
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Basil
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Tsardom of Russia
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- foolishness for Christ
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Image
- Святой Василий Блаженный.jpg
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- Commons category
- Basil Fool for Christ
- date of death
- 1552-08-02
- date of birth
- 1462-00-00
- canonization status
- thaumaturge
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- feast day
- August 2
- name in native language
- Василий Блаженный
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Encyclopedic overview
Vasily the Blessed (known also as Basil, and as the fool for Christ; the Wonderworker of Moscow; or Blessed Vasily of Moscow; Russian: Василий Блаженный, romanized: Vasily Blazhenny; 1468 – 1552/1557) was a Russian fool for Christ (yurodivy) who is venerated as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Life
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