Everything about Joseph Of Cupertino totally explained
|death_date=
|feast_day=
September 18
|venerated_in=
Roman Catholicism
|image=SaintJosephCupertino.jpg
|imagesize=150px
|caption= Image from Paul Guerrin,
Les Petites Bollandistes: Vies de Saints, 1882
|birth_place=
Copertino,
Puglia,
Italy
|death_place=
Osimo
|titles=Confessor
|beatified_date=
24 February 1753
|beatified_place=
|beatified_by=
Pope Benedict XIV
|canonized_date=
16 July 1767
|canonized_place=
|canonized_by=
Pope Clement XIII
|attributes= Levitation, Crucifix, Franciscan habit
|patronage= Aviation, astronomy, mental handicaps, test taking
|major_shrine=
|suppressed_date=1969 (Restricted to local calendars)
|issues=
|prayer=}}
Saint
Joseph of Cupertino (or
Giuseppe da Copertino, born
Giuseppe Maria Desa) (
June 17,
1603 –
September 18,
1663) is an
Italian saint. He was said to have been remarkably unclever, but prone to miraculous
levitation, and intense ecstatic visions that left him gaping. In turn, he's recognized as the
patron saint of
air travelers,
aviators, people with a
mental handicap, and weak students. He was canonized in
1767.
Early life
Joseph was born in
Copertino.
His father, Felice Desa,He experienced ecstasies and flights during his last mass which was on the
Feast of the Assumption.
In early September, Joseph could sense that the end was near, so he could be heard mumbling, "The jackass has now begun to climb the mountain!" The 'jackass' was his own body. After receiving the
last sacraments, a papal blessing, and reciting the
Litany of Our Lady, Joseph Desa of Cupertino died on the evening of
September 18,
1663.
He was buried two days later in the chapel of the Immaculate Conception before great crowds of people.
Joseph was canonized on
July 16,
1767 by
Pope Clement XIII. In
1781, a large marble altar in the Church of St. Francis in Osimo was erected so that St. Joseph's body might be placed beneath it; it has remained there ever since.
Patronage
Because of his many 'flights', St. Joseph is the patron saint of those traveling by air, astronauts and is the patron saint of pilots who fly for the
NATO Alliance. He is also the patron of those undergoing examinations of any kind.
Like the many places he touched in
Italy, his name has touched
California through a town named after him:
Cupertino, California. It was naturally fitting that in
1978, the Province of Conventual Franciscans in California adopted him as their patron.
Representations
A film was made about St. Joseph of Cupertino entitled
The Reluctant Saint starring actor
Maximilian Schell.
A comic book, entitled
The Flying Friar, was published by Speakeasy Comics in 2006, written by Rich Johnston, drawn by Thomas Nachlik, and edited by Tom Mauer. It is a fictionalization of the life of St. Joseph, albeit influenced heavily by the plotlines and characters of the
Smallville TV series - St. Joseph is presented as a
Clark Kent allegory, with his best friend turned worst enemy being the fictitious "Lux Luther," a supposed descendant of
Martin Luther.
St. Joseph of Cupertino's story was made into a children's book called "The Little Friar Who Flew", written by Patricia Lee Gauch, pictures by Tomie de Paola. It was published in 1980 by Peppercorn Publishers (soft cover) and G. P. Putnam's Sons (hard cover), New York. ISBN (hardcover): 0-399-20714-7. ISBN (soft cover, large format): 0-399-20741-4.
His Biography Saint Joseph of Copertino by Fr. Angelo Pastrovicicchi O.M.C is available from Tan Books and Publishers, Inc. The ISBN is 0-89555-135-7
Trivia
St Joseph of Cupertino is the main reason why Eoin Clarke is performing to such a high standard in his final examinations in
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