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Venerable (Monastic) · 6th century

Blessed Thomas the Fool-for-Christ of Syria

Also known as Thomas the Fool of Syria

A monk who gathered alms for his brotherhood and took up the hard path of folly for Christ, bearing insult and contempt; he was glorified by God after his repose at Antioch.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints