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Procopius of Ustyug

Eastern Orthodox saint (died 1303)

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Saint
name	Procopius of Ustyug
image	Procopius of Ustyug.jpg
caption	16th century icon
titles	Wonderworker and Fool for Christ
birth_place	Lübeck, Free City of Lübeck, Holy Roman Empire
death_date
death_place	Veliky Ustyug, Vladimir-Suzdal
venerated_in	Eastern Orthodoxy
canonized_date	1547
canonized_by	Russian Orthodox Church
feast_day	July 8

Procopius of Ustyug () or Procopius of Lübeck (; ; died ) 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.

Life

Though he is sometimes identified as one Jacob Potharst, son of a Lübeck merchant, Procopius' worldly name, surname, date and place of birth are not reliably determined. In 1818, the universal celebration of the saint was established.

Born in Lübeck, Germany, he was a Roman Catholic merchant who converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity during his travels.

St. Procopius lived as a fool for Christ (yurodivy) for 60 years. In 1290, he predicted the fall of a meteorite near Veliky Ustyug, as well as tornado and conflagration.

Veneration

Procopius was canonized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547.

The incorrupt relics of St. Procopius were discovered in the 18th century near the Entrance of the Theotokos to the Temple Church in Veliky Ustyug and placed in the church, where they remained in open view for two hundred years, being the putative source of numerous healings.

In the 1960s, the church St. Prokop was built in Hamburg, Germany, by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

References

[http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/93808 San Procopio di Ustiug]
"Commemorated on July 8". [[Orthodox Church in America]].
[https://regnum.ru/news/society/2273503.html Владимир Станулевич — Прусский купец и русский святой Прокопий Устюжский — ИА REGNUM]
(28 May 1992). "Religion and Society in Russia: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries". Oxford University Press.
"Righteous Procopius the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Ustya, Vologda".

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