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# Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg

Life dates

18th century (c. 1730 – c. 1803)

Region

St Petersburg

Canonization

Russian Orthodox Church, canonized 1988 (ROCOR — 1978)

## Short life

After the death of her husband she took up the ascetic feat of foolishness for Christ, gave away her possessions and wandered the Petersburg Side for forty-five years. Her chapel at the Smolensk cemetery is a place of pilgrimage.

## Related

- Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg