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title: "St. Joseph Cafasso: Feast Day June 23 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-cafasso/
description: "St. Joseph Cafasso, Priest, patron of prisoners and the condemned. Remembered on June 23, died 1860. Read their life in Bless."
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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](https://blessbible.app/saints/june/#23) |
| Title | Priest |
| Died | 1860 |
| Patron of | [prisoners](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#prisoners), [the condemned](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#condemned) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, June 23, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-cafasso/#calendar) |

## 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.

[Prisoners](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#prisoners) [Condemned](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#condemned)

### Saints with the same patronage

- [St. Maximilian Kolbe](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maximilian-kolbe/) prisoners · August 14
- [St. Leonard of Noblac](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-leonard-of-noblac/) prisoners · November 6

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## 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.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, June 23, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/06/23/) | Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 · Psalm 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9 · John 15:4a, 5b · Matthew 7:15-20 |
| [Friday, June 23, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/06/23/) | Most Sacred Heart of Jesus | White | Ezekiel 34:11-16 · Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 · Romans 5:5b-11 · Matthew 11:29ab · Luke 15:3-7 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[June 22 St. Thomas More](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/) [June 24 St. John the Baptist](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-the-baptist/)

[All the saints of June](https://blessbible.app/saints/june/) [Born on June 23?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#06-23) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Joseph Cafasso

Remembered on June 23

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-cafasso/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-cafasso/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-cafasso/#calendar)

In the app

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