Fool-for-Christ · 16th century
Blessed James of Borovichi
Also known as James of Borovichi · Wonderworker of Novgorod
A young man of hidden holiness whose coffin came up the river to Borovichi against the current upon a block of ice; received with reverence, his relics became a fountain of healing and the protection of the town.
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Notes
Oct 23 = translation of his relics.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints