holy fool

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holy fool

noun holy fools

A person, often associated with gifts of prophecy and insight, who publicly acts as if mad or stupid, but whose madness is seen as concealing an inner sanctity for the purpose of self-humiliation.
Similar: fool for Christ, yurodivy

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noun person who publicly acts as if mad or stupid for self-humilitation

Português	louco por Cristo
Français	fol-en-Christ
Deutsch	Jurodiwy
Русский	юро́дивый juródivyj, блаже́нный blažénnyj

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@misc{holy_fool_2026,
  title = {holy fool},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/holy%20fool},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}