Saint Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers ...

is a New Testament figure, the husband of Mary and legal father of Jesus. Saint Joseph may also refer to:

In religion

*Saint

Joseph of Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea was, according to all four canonical gospels, the man who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion. The historical location of Arimathea is uncertain, although it has been identified with several ...

*Saint

Joseph Marello Giuseppe Marello (known as Joseph Marello in English; 26 December 1844 – 30 May 1895) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Acqui from 1889 until his death and was also the founder of the Oblates of Saint Joseph. Ma ...

*Saint Joseph of Leonessa *Saint

Joseph of Cupertino Joseph of Cupertino, OFM Conv. ( it, 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 "rem ...

*Saint

Joseph the Hymnographer Saint Joseph the Hymnographer ( el, Όσιος Ιωσήφ ο Υμνογράφος) was a Greek monk of the ninth century. He is one of the greatest liturgical poets and hymnographers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is also known for his confessi ...

*Saint Joseph Calasanctius *Saint

Joseph Cafasso Joseph Cafasso ( it, Giuseppe Cafasso; 15 January 1811 – 23 June 1860) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who was a significant social reformer in Turin. He was one of the so-called "Social Saints" who emerged during that particular e ...

*Saint Joseph Cottolengo *Saint

Joseph the Hesychast Saint Joseph the Hesychast ( el, Άγιος Ιωσήφ ο Ησυχαστής; born Francis Kottis, el, Φραγκίσκος Κόττης; Lefkes, Paros, February 12, 1897 – Mount Athos, August 15, 1959) was a Greek Orthodox monk and elder who ...

*Joseph, a priest martyred with

Abda and Abdjesus Abdisho and Abda were two successive bishops of Kashkar who were martyred along with 38 companions in 376 during the Forty-Year Persecution in the Sasanian Empire. Accused by his nephew of being a spy for the Roman Empire, Abdisho was arrested ...

* Jose Maria Diaz Sanjuro, Joseph Canh Luang Hoang, Joseph Fernandez, Joseph Hien Quang Do, Joseph Khang Duy Nguyen, Joseph Luu Van Nguyen, Joseph Marchand, Joseph Nghi Kim, Joseph Thi Dang Le, Joseph Uyen Dinh Nguyen, Joseph Vien Dinh Dang, Joseph Khang, Joseph Tuc and Joseph Tuan Van Tran of the Vietnamese Martyrs * Saint

Joseph Vaz Joseph Vaz ( Konkani: ''San Zuze Vaza''; pt, São José Vaz; kn, ಪವಿತ್ರಾ ಯೋಸೆಫ್ ವಾಸ್ ಸಂತರು ''Pavitra Yoseph Vaz Santaru''; ta, புனித யோசேப் வாஸ் முனிவர் ...

Joseph (patriarch) Joseph (; he, יוֹסֵף, , He shall add; Standard: ''Yōsef'', Tiberian: ''Yōsēp̄''; alternatively: יְהוֹסֵף, lit. 'Yahweh shall add'; Standard: ''Yəhōsef'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōsēp̄''; ar, يوسف, Yūsuf; grc, Ἰωσ� ...

, son of Jacob, ''not'' given the title saint, but a major figure in the Hebrew Bible and traditionally considered a saint along with other biblical patriarchs

Geography

Places

Canada

* Saint-Joseph, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community in Kent County *

Saint-Joseph Parish, New Brunswick Saint-Joseph is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston and the Northwest rural district, both members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWR ...

, in Madawaska County ** Saint-Joseph-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community therein * St. Joseph, Antigonish, Nova Scotia in Antigonish County * St. Joseph, Digby, Nova Scotia in Digby County *

St. Joseph Island (Ontario) St. Joseph Island is in the northwestern part of Lake Huron. It is part of the Canadian province of Ontario. At in area, it is the sixth largest lake island in the world; the second largest island on Lake Huron, following Manitoulin Island; and ...

* St. Joseph, Ontario *

Fort St. Joseph (Ontario) Fort St. Joseph is a former British outpost on the southernmost point of St. Joseph Island in Ontario, Canada, on Lake Huron. The fort consisted of a blockhouse, powder magazine, bakery building, Indian council house and storehouse surrounded ...

, former British outpost on St. Joseph Island * Saint-Joseph, Quebec (disambiguation), several places * St. Joseph's, Saskatchewan hamlet in south east Saskatchewan *

St. Joseph's Colony, Saskatchewan St. Joseph's, Saskatchewan (Josephstal) was a colony which comprised the towns of Adanac, Saskatchewan, Adanac, Biggar, Saskatchewan, Biggar, Broadacres, Saskatchewan, Broadacres, Cactus Lake, Saskatchewan, Cactus Lake, Carmelheim, Saskatchew ...

in west central Saskatchewan

France

* Saint-Joseph, Loire * Saint-Joseph, Manche * Saint-Joseph, Martinique *

Saint-Joseph, Réunion Saint-Joseph () is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located on the extreme south end of the island of Réunion. As such, it features the southernmost point of the European Union. The village Vincendo is part of the ...

Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department The following is a list of the 512 communes in the French department of Isère Isère ( ...

, in the Isère ''département'' *

Saint-Joseph-des-Bancs Saint-Joseph-des-Bancs (; oc, Lubancs) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ardèche department The following is a list of the 335 communes of the Ardèche department of France. ...

, in the Ardèche ''département'' *

Saint-Joseph AOC Saint-Joseph or St.-Joseph is a French wine ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) in the northern Rhône wine region of France. Though the appellation covers the largest amount of land, it is second in actual size under vine to Crozes-Hermit ...

, an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée in the Rhône wine region *

École Saint-Joseph ) , established = , founder = Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai (French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') of the Latin Rite. , local_authority = Academy of Lille - Cambrai - Le Cateau-Cambrésis district. ...

, Solesmes

United States

* St. Joseph, Florida (disambiguation) * St. Joseph, Illinois *

Saint Joseph, Floyd County, Indiana Saint Joseph is an unincorporated community in New Albany Township, Floyd County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capi ...

* Saint Joseph, Vanderburgh County, Indiana *

St. Joseph, Iowa St. Joseph is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Riverdale Township, Kossuth County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 61. Geography The community is located in southern Kossuth County ...

* St. Joseph, Kansas * St. Joseph, Louisville, Kentucky * St. Joseph, Louisiana * St. Joseph, Michigan *

St. Joseph, Minnesota St. Joseph is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 6,534 at the 2010 census and according to 2019 census estimates is now 7,351. It is home to the College of Saint Benedict. St. Joseph is part of the St. Cloud ...

* St. Joseph, Missouri *

Saint Joseph, Mercer County, Ohio Saint Joseph is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of ne ...

Saint Joseph, Portage County, Ohio Saint Joseph is an unincorporated place in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is located along Waterloo Road on the western edge of Randolph Township near its border with Suffield. The area is named after the Roman Catholic Parish of St. Jo ...

* Saint Joseph, Oregon *

Saint Joseph, Tennessee Saint Joseph (usually shortened to St. Joseph) is a city in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 782 at the 2010 census, down from 829 in 2000. History The St. Joseph area was settled by German Catholic immigrants in th ...

St. Jo, Texas Saint Jo is a city in Montague County, Texas, United States, along the northern border of the state. The population was 1,043 at the 2010 census. History Established by primarily European Americans in 1856, the city was originally known as Head ...

* Saint Joseph, Marshall County, West Virginia * St. Joseph, Wisconsin

Caribbean

* Saint Joseph (Trinidad and Tobago) *The Parish of

Saint Joseph, Barbados The parish of Saint Joseph is a parish of Barbados on the eastern side of the island. The parish is home to two of the more notable botanic gardens in the country - Flower Forest and Andromeda Gardens. Parts of St. Joseph are also referred to a ...

Saint Joseph Parish, Dominica Saint Joseph is one of Dominica's 10 administrative parishes. It is bordered by St. Peter to the north, St. Andrew to the northeast, St. David to the east, and St. Paul to the south. It has an area of 120.1 km² (46.37 mi²), and a popul ...

* Saint-Joseph, Martinique, a commune in Martinique

Rivers

In the United States: * St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) in southwest Michigan and northwest Indiana *

St. Joseph River (Maumee River) The St. Joseph River ( Miami-Illinois: Kociihsasiipi) is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio and northea ...

in south central Michigan and northeast Indiana

Islands

, a Canadian island in Lake Huron *

Île Saint-Joseph The Salvation Islands (french: Îles du Salut, so called because the missionaries went there to escape plague on the mainland; sometimes mistakenly called Safety Islands) are a group of small islands of volcanic origin about off the coast of Fre ...

, the southernmost island of the three Îles du Salut in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of French Guiana * San José Island (Texas), a barrier island on the Texas coast in the United States, also known as "St. Joseph Island" * Saint Joseph Island (Seychelles), main island of St. Joseph Atoll, Seychelles

Landmarks

In Canada

Saint Joseph's Oratory Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal (french: Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine located at 3800 Queen Mary Road in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood on Mount Royal's Westmount Summit ...

, a Catholic basilica in Montréal, Québec

In the United States

* Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph (San Jose), California * St. Joseph Catholic Church, Detroit, Michigan, a historic parish * St. Joseph's Catholic Church, a parish located adjacent to the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. * St. Joseph Medical Center (disambiguation) * National Shrine of Saint Joseph (disambiguation) *

Mount Saint Joseph College Mount Saint Joseph College (commonly MSJ or Mount Saint Joe) is a Catholic college preparatory school and secondary school / high school for young men from ninth to twelfth grade sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers and founded in 1876. It is locate ...

, a Baltimore Catholic high school * Saint Joseph Abbey, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, listed on the NRHP in Louisiana *

Saint Joseph's University Saint Joseph's University (SJU or St. Joe's) is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia and Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. The university was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851 as Saint Joseph's College. Saint Joseph's is the seventh olde ...

, a Jesuit university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In Turkey

* St. Joseph High School (Istanbul), a French private school in Turkey

Other place names

In the United States: *

St. Joseph Bay St. Joseph Bay is a bay on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The bay is located in Gulf County between Apalachicola and Panama City. Port St. Joe is located on St. Joseph Bay. St. Joseph Bay is bounded on the east by the mainland, o ...

, a bay on the Gulf Coast of Florida * St. Joseph Peninsula, a peninsula or spit on the Gulf Coast of Florida *St. Joseph Point, the end of the St. Joseph Peninsula in Florida *

St. Joseph Sound St. Joseph Sound is a body of water on the Gulf of Mexico coast of Pasco and Pinellas Pinellas is the name of a peninsula located roughly halfway down the west coast of Florida. It forms the western boundary of Tampa Bay and comprises the bulk ...

, a bay in Pasco and Pinellas counties, Florida *

St. Joseph Valley Parkway The St. Joseph Valley Parkway is a freeway in the U.S. states of Indiana and Michigan, serving as a bypass route around Elkhart, Mishawaka, and South Bend in Indiana and Niles in Michigan. The freeway runs to the south and west of Elkhart an ...

, carrying parts of U.S. Routes 20 and 31

Business

*St. Joseph, a brand of aspirin

Biology

* Saint Joseph noir, another name for the Italian wine grape San Giuseppe nero

Sports

* St. Joseph F.C., an association football club based in Nakuru, Kenya