Andrew the Fool

Saint

Andrew the Fool
The Protection of the Mother of God. Russian icon, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (1401–1425)
DiedConstantinople
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
FeastOctober 2
October 15

Andrew of Constantinople (Andrew the Fool-for-Christ or Andrew, the Fool; Greek: Ἀνδρέας ὁ Σαλός) is considered a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church, and is revered as a fool for Christ.

According to the Life of Andrew the Fool, he lived in the fifth century, during the reign of Byzantine emperor Leo I; however, some historians believe he lived in the ninth to tenth centuries, during the reign of Leo VI, due to anachronisms in the text and similarities to the lives of other holy fools, including Simeon the Holy Fool and Basil the Younger.

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