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Blessed Isidora the Fool of Tabenna

Also known as Isidora of Tabenna · Isidora the Fool-for-Christ

A nun of the convent of Tabenna who feigned madness, taking the lowest and filthiest labors and bearing the scorn of the sisters, while secretly surpassing them all in holiness; when revealed by a holy elder, she fled human praise.

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Notes

The first fool-for-Christ among women. Distinct from the Martyr Isidora (May 1, OS-1130).

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