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Joseph of Cupertino (Copertino), OFM Conv. (Italian: Giuseppe da Copertino; 17 June 1603 – 18 September 1663) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint.
Saint Joseph of Cupertino Parish is a territorial parish serving Latin Rite Catholics in Cupertino, California, United States.The parish is named for Joseph of Cupertino, and had its origin in a small wooden chapel at the Villa Maria retreat located in Stevens Creek Canyon (Stevens Creek was known in Spanish as Arroyo San José de Cupertino).
The Reluctant Saint is a 1962 American-Italian historical comedy drama film which tells the story of Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th-century Italian Conventual Franciscan friar and mystic, venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. It stars Maximilian Schell as Giuseppe Desa, as well as Ricardo Montalbán, Lea Padovani, Akim Tamiroff, and Harold ...
The church became a parish church again in 1979, and the dedication changed to Joseph of Cupertino, because the parish had been given to the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. However, they gave it up in 2001 and the parish is now run by diocesan clergy. [2] On 14 February 2015, Pope Francis made it a titular church to be held by a cardinal ...
The Novena to Saint Joseph is a Roman Catholic Novena prayed to Saint Joseph. [1]Like all other Novenas it is prayed on nine consecutive days with a specific intention. There are multiple forms of this Novena and in 1876 Pope Pius IX granted indulgences, with the usual indulgence conditions, to all those who with a contrite heart pray the Novena at any time during the year based on a prayer ...
St Joseph of Cupertino was a pious local Franciscan priest, said to have performed miracles, including levitation. He died in 1663 in Osimo, and was beatified in 1753, wherein the Frati Minori Conventuali who were affiliated with the church commissioned refurbishment of the interiors in a Neoclassical -style by the architect Andrea Vici .
Joseph of Cupertino is believed to have had the capability to levitate. The levitation of saints is the ability attributed to a saint to fly or to levitate . Most of these "flying saints" are mentioned as such in literature and sources associated with them.
Saint Joseph of Cupertino School is a parochial school located in Cupertino, California. It serves grades pre-k to 8. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California. The school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA).