Joseph of Cupertino
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Joseph of Cupertino, OFM Conv. was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint. According to traditional Franciscan accounts, he was "remarkably unclever", but experienced miraculous levitation and... Wikipedia
Born: June 17, 1603, Copertino, Italy
Died: September 18, 1663 (age 60 years), Osimo, Italy
Place of burial: Basilica di San Giuseppe da Copertino, Osimo, Italy
Parents: Felice Desa and Francesca Panara
Canonized: 16 July 1767, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement XIII
Major shrine: Basilica of St. Joseph of Copertino, Piazza Gallo, 10, Osimo, Ancona, Italy