Saint Symeon the Fool of Emesa: Holy Fool and Ascetic of Syria

A desert ascetic who walked into a Syrian city as a fool so that no one would honor him, and whose Life shaped the whole tradition of holy foolishness.

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Saint Thomas the Fool of Syria: Monk and Holy Fool of Antioch

A sixth-century monk who hid his holiness behind feigned foolishness, and whose burial was remembered in Antioch for generations.

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