Saint Josaphat is a Christianized corruption of the [Siddhartha Gautama]
? (the
Buddha). His name derives from the word
bodhisattva via the [Middle Persian]
? bodasif. He was popular in the
Middle Ages, principally as part of a Christian corruption of a Buddhist story about Siddhartha, along with another legendary saint, Saint Barlaam.
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