Fool-for-Christ · 15th century
Venerable Isidore the Fool-for-Christ of Rostov
Also known as Isidore Tverdislov
A man of German and wealthy birth who, embracing Orthodoxy, forsook all and lived as a homeless fool-for-Christ at Rostov, dwelling in a hut of branches and hiding great gifts of prayer and wonderworking.
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Notes
Distinct from the Martyr Isidore of Chios (same day).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints