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Fool-for-Christ · 14th century
Blessed Nicholas Kochanov the Fool-for-Christ of Novgorod
Also known as Nicholas of Novgorod
A man of a noble Novgorod family who, fleeing the praise of men, took up the path of folly for Christ, and by his feigned quarrels with another holy fool rebuked the strife of the warring sides of the city.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints