Procopius of Ustyug

Saint Procopius of Ustyug
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Wonderworker and Fool for Christ
BornLübeck
Died(1303-07-08)July 8, 1303
Veliky Ustyug
Venerated inEastern Orthodoxy
Canonized1547 by Russian Orthodox Church
FeastJuly 8

Procopius of Ustyug (Russian: Прокопий Устюжский) or Procopius of Lübeck (Russian: Прокопий Любекский; German: Prokop(ius) von Ustjug und Lübeck; (1303-07-08)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.