Saint Joseph
Many cities, towns, and geographical features are named after Joseph. At least 6 places named St. Joseph exist in France and its overseas possessions, and at least 14 towns, counties, or townships in the United States. Numerous bays, rivers, peninsulas, and other features are named after Joseph (or St. Joseph) in North America.
St. Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago is the oldest town in Trinidad and Tobago. Originally named San José de Oruña, it served as the capital of Spanish Trinidad between 1592 and 1783.
According to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Spanish form, San Jose, is the most common place name in the world. Probably the most-recognized San Joses are San José, Costa Rica and San Jose, California, United States, given their name by Spanish colonists. The latter is the subject of the famous song Do You Know the Way to San José.
The emperor Joseph II once granted an audience to a tavern-owner who had commissioned a painting of the ruler to decorate his establishment, which he intended to name in honor of the monarch - only to be forbidden to do so by the Viennese city council. Joseph II told him to add a beard and a halo to the painting and rename the tavern "Saint Joseph."
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In folklore
Burying a small statue of Saint Joseph on a piece of real estate for sale is reputed to enlist the saint's assistance in finding a buyer.[34] Some versions require the statue to be buried upside down. Some believe that the saint's statue should be disinterred once the house sells, to avoid the property repeatedly changing hands; others leave the buried statue in hopes that Saint Joseph will continue to protect the property.[35]
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Modern literature
- Aramis Thorn, The Foster Father of God (a fictional account of the life of Joseph, the betrothal of Joseph and Mary and the birth and childhood of Jesus).
- José Saramago, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ gives a humanist perspective on the life of Joseph who is represented as the biological father of Jesus who is crucified by the Romans after being mistaken for a rebel during the sacking of Sepphoris.
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Other St. Josephs
- Saint Joseph of Arimathea, in the gospel accounts
- Abba Joseph of Thebes, Desert Father
- Saint Joseph of Damascus
- Saint Joseph Marello
- Saint Joseph of Cupertino (Giuseppe Desa)
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See also
- Joseph, the name
- Solemnity of Saint Joseph
- History of Joseph the Carpenter
- Prayer to Saint Joseph
- Genealogy of Jesus
- Josephite Fathers
- Sisters of St. Joseph
- Saint Joseph's Day
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Notes
- ^ Matthew 1:16
- ^ Souvay, Charles L. (1910) "St. Joseph" Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. VIII. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved January 22, 2008.]
- ^ Maier, Paul. In the Fullness of Time: a Historian Looks at Christmas, Easter, and the Early Church. Kregel Publications, 1998. p. 77
- ^ Lockyer, Herbert. All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible. Zondervan, 1988. p. 68, 254-255
- ^ Matthew 1:16
- ^ Luke 3:23
- ^ before Jesus's birth (Luke 2:4), on return from exile in Egypt after Herod's death (Matthew 2:23, Luke 2:39), after the Passover visit to Jerusalem when Jesus was 12 years old (Luke 2:51)
- ^ Luke 2:4, Matthew 2:1-14
- ^ Matthew 2:14-22
- ^ See Matthew 13:55, Mark 6:3. τεκτων denotes primarily a skilled worker in wood, such as a carpenter or joiner, although in secular literature the term has been used also for other craftsmen and workmen. The canonical Gospel accounts do not go into detail on this point; but apocryphal sources and art portray Joseph as a carpenter.
- ^ John 19:25-27
- ^ Matthew 1:18b; Luke 1:27
- ^ Matthew 1:18c
- ^ Matthew 1:19-25a/b
- ^ Luke 2:4-6
- ^ Luke 2:16-17
- ^ Matthew 1:25b, Luke 2:21
- ^ Matthew 2:2
- ^ Luke 2:25-38
- ^ Matthew 2:13-18
- ^ Matthew 2:19-23; Luke 2:39
- ^ Luke 2:41-51
- ^ "The general opinion that he died in the arms of Jesus and Mary has inspired the faithful with great confidence...", The Imitation of the Blessed Virgin p. 347, London, 1816, quoted in Primitive Christian Worship by James Endell Tyler
- ^ Novena prayer: St. Joseph
- ^ Matthew 13:55, Mark 6:3
- ^ The History of Joseph the Carpenter. Comparative Religion. Retrieved on 2007-05-06.
- ^ Holy Apostles Convent (1989). The Life of the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos. Buena Vista: Holy Apostles Convent and Dormition Skete, p. 64.
- ^ cf. Mt 1:25a
- ^ cf. Mattew 12:46-50, Mark 3:31-35, Luke 8:19-21; Mattew 13:55, Mark 6:3; cf. section above
- ^ Shapiro:6-7
- ^ "St. Josepeh: A Casual Analysis of His Traditional Garb"
- ^ Meyer Schapiro, Selected Papers, volume 3, Late Antique, Early Christian and Mediaeval Art, pp. 4-7 1980, Chatto & Windus, London, ISBN 0701125144
- ^ Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 89
- ^ "Desperate Sellers Take Leaps of Faith", story in The Washington Post, September 8, 2007, accessed September 8, 2007.
- ^ "Property Rites" at snopes.com, accessed September 8, 2007.
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External links
- Saint Joseph at Patron Saints Index
- Catholic Online Saints: St. Joseph
- Bernard Orchard, The Betrothal and Marriage of Mary to Joseph, Part 1, Part 2, Summary and chronological chart
- Skeptics Annotated Bible: a comparison of verses related to Jesus' father
- BeliefNet article on the various views on Joseph's role.
- Josephite Fathers in the US
- Eastern Orthodox Tradition: The Righteous Elder Joseph The Betrothed, And His Repose
- Holy Righteous Joseph the Betrothed Orthodox icon and synaxarion for the Sunday after Nativity
- Novena to St. Joseph (EWTN)
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