Facts about St Joseph

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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about St Joseph
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Our unusual and interesting facts about St Joseph, trivia and information, including some useful statistics will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

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Interesting Facts about St Joseph are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - St Joseph was the Spouse of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus
  • Fact 2 - He is the Patron Saint of the Universal Church, unborn children, fathers
    and immigrants
  • Fact 3 - Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Joseph: March 19
  • Fact 4 - Joseph was by birth of the royal family of David, although he was poor and
    lived as a humble carpenter
  • Fact 5 - When Herod decreed that babies should be killed (massacre of the
    innocents) an angel told Joseph in a dream to flee with the Child and His
    Mother into Egypt
  • Fact 6 - After the death of King Herod the family returned to Nazareth in Israel.
  • Fact 7 - Nazareth was an obscure village in Galilee, about 65 km from Jerusalem
  • Fact 8 - He was present on the visit to Jerusalem when Jesus was 12
  • Fact 9 - None of the Gospels mentions Joseph as present at any event during Jesus'
    adult ministry, so it is believed that he died before Jesus was thirty.
  • Fact 10 - In Christian art Joseph is normally associated with the colors black or
    green; this is similar to his wife's association with blue

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