RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Joseph of Cupertino

1603 - 1663

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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. According to traditional Franciscan accounts, he was "remarkably unclever", but experienced miraculous levitation and ecstatic visions throughout his life which made him the object of scorn. He applied to the Conventual Franciscan friars, but was rejected due to his lack of education. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph of Cupertino is the 713th most popular religious figure (down from 589th in 2019), the 883rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 692nd in 2019) and the 263rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Joseph of Cupertino was a Franciscan friar who is most famous for his ability to levitate.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Joseph of Cupertino ranks 713 out of 3,187. Before him are Giulia Farnese, Pope Peter I of Alexandria, Ibn Hisham, Je Tsongkhapa, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, and Evagrius Ponticus. After him are Aloysius Stepinac, Ignatios of Constantinople, Tarasios of Constantinople, Alessandro Farnese, Anatolius of Constantinople, and Ivo of Kermartin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1603, Joseph of Cupertino ranks 3. Before him are Abel Tasman, and Roger Williams. After him are Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Lennart Torstensson, Fasilides, Adam Olearius, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Aert van der Neer, Yerofey Khabarov, Francesco Furini, and Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1663, Joseph of Cupertino ranks 3. Before him are Christine of France, and Francesco Maria Grimaldi. After him are Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern, Giancarlo de' Medici, Heinrich Scheidemann, and Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Joseph of Cupertino ranks 883 out of 5,161. Before him are Phalaris (-700), Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522), Sebastiano del Piombo (1485), and Filippo Maria Visconti (1392). After him are Paolo Borsellino (1940), Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Rosalba Carriera (1673), Berengar II of Italy (900), Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444), and Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1533).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Joseph of Cupertino ranks 263. Before him are Tarcisius (263), Saint Eustace (10), Scholastica (480), Alexius of Rome (400), Antipope Felix II (300), and Giulia Farnese (1474). After him are Silas (1), Angelo Scola (1941), Matteo Zuppi (1955), Juliana of Nicomedia (285), Gemma Galgani (1878), and Frances of Rome (1384).

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