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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Joseph, husband of Mary and foster-father of Christ

Saint ID

S02265

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Other New Testament saints, Mothers and fathers
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06078Adomnán, in his On the Holy Places, reports the recent visit of the Franco-Gallic bishop Arculf to the tombs of *Symeon (the God-receiver, elder of the temple of Jerusalem, S00285) and *Joseph (husband of Mary and foster-father of Christ, S02265) in Jerusalem. Written in Latin at Iona (north-west Britain), possibly 683/689.