![[Saint Joseph of Arimathea]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-joseph-of-arimathea/saint-joseph-of-arimathea-01.jpg "??kb jpg photograph of a detail of a stained glass window depicting Saint Joseph of Arimathea preparing Christ for entombment; Christopher Webb, Saint James' church, Piccadilly, England; swiped with permission from the flickr account of Brother Lawrence Lew, OP")
Also known as
- Joseph of Glastonbury
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Wealthy Israelite owner of tin mines in Cornwall. May have been related to Jesus, and certainly was a disciple and student. He is the noble counselor mentioned in the Gospel of Mark. Provided the tomb for Christ, and with the help of Saint Nicodemus, interred Jesus. Tradition says he brought the Faith and the Holy Grail to England. When he planted his traveller‘s staff in Glastonbury, it took root and became a thorn tree which flowered each Christmas Day.
Born
- Arimathea, Palestine
- coffin-bearers
- funeral directors
- Glastonbury cathedral
- morticians
- pallbearers
- tin miners
- tin smiths
- undertakers
Merciful God, whose servant Joseph of Arimathaea with reverence and godly fear, prepared the body of our Lord and Savior for burial, and laid it in his own tomb: Grant to us, your faithful people, grace and courage to love and serve Jesus with sincere devotion all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
- very old man carrying a pot of ointment
- very old man carrying a flowering staff
- very old man carrying a pair of altar cruets
- flowering staff
Additional Information
- Arthurian Biographies
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by Francis E Gigot
- Catholic Online
- Christian Biographies, by James Keifer
- For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
- Kirken i Norge
- Mail Online: 2,000-year-old Holy Thorn Tree of Glastonbury is cut down
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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