Basil Fool for Christ

Saint

Vasily the Blessed
Saint; Vasily the Blessed
	Icon of St. Vasily the Blessed; (Bas relief, St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow)
Fool for Christ and Wonderworker
Born	December 1468; Yelokhovo
Died	2 August 1552 or 1557 (Aged 83 or 88); Moscow
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized	2 August 1588, Moscow by Patriarch Job of Moscow
Major shrine	Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow
Feast	2 August (15 August N.S.)
Attributes	Dressed in rags, or completely naked

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, Vasily Blazhenny) is a Russian Orthodox saint of the type known as yurodivy or "holy fool".

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