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Gabriel Urgebadze
Georgian saint (1929–1995)
foolishness for Christ
deliberate flouting of society's conventions to serve a religious purpose
Basil Fool for Christ
Eastern Orthodox Church Saint
Xenia of Saint Petersburg
Russian saint
Simeon the Holy Fool
Syrian monk
Saint Isidora
Eastern Orthodox saint
Andrew of Constantinople
Eastern Orthodox saint
Procopius of Ustyug
Saint of Eastern Orthodox Church
Michael of Klopsk
Russian monk
Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ
Russian saint
Nicholas the Pilgrim
bizantine saint
Heimerad
Heimerad (also known as Heimrad, Haimrad or Heimo, c. 970 in Meßkirch near the Bodensee in Baden – 28 June 1019 on the Hasunger Berg (now Burghasungen) near Kassel) was a German priest and travelling preacher. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, with the title of Fool for Christ. His feast day is on 28 June.
divine madness
unconventional, outrageous, unexpected, or unpredictable behavior linked to religious or spiritual pursuits
John the Hairy
holy person in the Russian Orthodox Church
Andrew of Totma
Russian hermit