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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