Josaphat

Josaphat ; (corruption of Bodhisat; other versions are Yosaphat and Yudasaf) The account of the canonization of the Buddha by the Roman and Greek sects of Christianity is related in the story of Barlaam and Josaphat. See Buddhist Birth Stories (Mrs Rh. Davids, pp. 239– 242), and Baralam and Yewasef, Wallis Budge (1923). In the Greek Church 26 August is dedicated to St. Josaphat, and in the Roman Church, 27 November is dedicated to both Barlaam and Josaphat.