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Saint John-Joseph of the Cross (August 15, 1654 – March 5, 1739), known most commonly in the Italian language as San Giovan Giuseppe della Croce, was an Italian saint. He is the patron of Ischia, the place where he was born. ==Biography== He was born as Carlo Gaetano Calosirto on the island of Ischia, on August 15, 1654, and he entered the Franciscan Order of the Strict Observance at Naples before the age of sixteen,〔(Hess, Lawrence. "St. John Joseph of the Cross." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 6 Aug. 2013 )〕 taking the name John Joseph of the Cross. He was the first Italian to follow the reform movement of Peter of Alcantara.〔(Foley O.F.M., Leonard. ''Saint of the day, Lives, Lessons, and Feast'', (revised by Pat McCloskey O.F.M.), Franciscan Media, ISBN 978-0-86716-887-7 )〕 He had a reputation for austerity and for the gift of miracles and was appointed Master of Novices.〔(Butler, Alban. ''The Lives or the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints'', Vol. I, D. & J. Sadlier, & Company, 1864 )〕 In 1674 he was sent to found a friary at Afila, Piedmont, and assisted in the actual construction. He was ordained as a priest (much against his will) and as superior, performed the lowliest tasks in the monastic community.〔 In 1702, when the convents in Italy were no longer dependent on the Spanish houses, but were formed into a separate province, he was appointed Vicar Provincial of the Alcantarine Reform in Italy.〔 When he was superior, he ordered that no beggar should be dismissed from the convent gate without relief: in time of scarcity he devoted to their necessities his own portion, and even that of the community. When he journeyed through Italy as provincial, he would not make himself known at the inns, where he lodged, lest any distinction should be paid him.〔 Not unfrequently he desired those whom he restored to health, to take some certain medicine, that the cure might be attributed to a mere natural remedy and with regard to his prophecies, which were numerous, he affected to judge from analogy and experience.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Joseph of the Cross」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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