Priest · Remembered on June 23
St. Joseph Cafasso
St. Joseph Cafasso is remembered on June 23 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of prisoners and the condemned.
| Remembered on | June 23 |
|---|---|
| Title | Priest |
| Died | 1860 |
| Patron of | prisoners, the condemned |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
A small, slightly crooked Piedmontese priest who formed a generation of clergy at the Turin institute — John Bosco above all, whom he guided and funded — and accompanied sixty-eight men to the gallows, hearing their confessions and calling them ‘my hanged saints,’ certain of their heaven.
Patron of
Tradition invokes St. Joseph Cafasso as patron of prisoners and the condemned.
Saints with the same patronage
- St. Maximilian Kolbeprisoners · August 14
- St. Leonard of Noblacprisoners · November 6
Patronages are traditional, not an official list. All patron saints in Bless, A to Z.
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Joseph Cafasso. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. Joseph Cafasso keeps June 23 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of June.
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