A portrait of St. Joseph of Cupertino
St. Joseph of Cupertino
17 June 1603 – 18 September 1663
Feast
September 18 · XVII c.
Patron of
Students · Test takers · Aviators · Astronauts
Order
Religious / Franciscan / Mystic
Italian Conventual Franciscan (1603-1663), Apulian shepherd-boy of slow intellect who joined the friars and was ordained almost by accident; ecstatic mystic whose levitations were so frequent and public that the Holy Office confined him to remote friaries. Canonized 1767 by Clement XIII; popular patron of test-takers.
Life & Times
Born: 17 June 1603 · Died: 18 September 1663 · From: Italy.
Patronage
St. Joseph of Cupertino is invoked as the patron of students, test takers, aviators, astronauts. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
“Open your hearts to the love of Jesus, and you will fly with the angels.”— St. Joseph of Cupertino (traditionally attributed)
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