Saint Procopius of Ustyug | |
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Wonderworker and Fool for Christ | |
Born | Lübeck |
Died | Veliky Ustyug | July 8, 1303
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Canonized | 1547 by Russian Orthodox Church |
Feast | July 8 |
Procopius of Ustyug (Russian: Прокопий Устюжский) or Procopius of Lübeck (Russian: Прокопий Любекский; German: Prokop(ius) von Ustjug und Lübeck; July 8, 1303)[1] was a fool for Christ (yurodivy) and miracle worker, formerly a merchant from Lübeck. He was canonized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church.