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title: "St. Joseph of Cupertino: Feast Day September 18 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-of-cupertino/
description: "St. Joseph of Cupertino, Priest, patron of pilots, astronauts, and students taking examinations. Remembered on September 18. Read their life in Bless."
---

Priest · Remembered on September 18

# St. Joseph of Cupertino

St. Joseph of Cupertino is remembered on September 18 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of pilots, astronauts, and students taking examinations.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [September 18](https://blessbible.app/saints/september/#18) |
| Title | Priest |
| Died | 1663 |
| Patron of | [pilots](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#pilots), [astronauts](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#astronauts), [students taking examinations](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#students-taking-examinations) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Saturday, September 18, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-of-cupertino/#calendar) |

## Life

An absent-minded, unlucky friar — ‘Brother Open-Mouth’ — who could scarcely pass an examination and rose in ecstasy at the name of Jesus: his flights, witnessed by popes, dukes, and a skeptical Lutheran or two, are among the best-attested marvels of the age. Kept in seclusion most of his life, he stayed serene, content to be God’s little bird.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Joseph of Cupertino as patron of pilots, astronauts, and students taking examinations.

[Pilots](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#pilots) [Astronauts](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#astronauts) [Students taking examinations](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#students-taking-examinations)

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 of Cupertino. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Saturday, September 18, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/18/) | Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | 1 Timothy 6:13-16 · Psalm 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5 · See Luke 8:15 · Luke 8:4-15 |
| [Monday, September 18, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/09/18/) | Monday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | 1 Corinthians 11:17-26, 33 · Psalm 40:7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17 · John 3:16 · Luke 7:1-10 |

Readings

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

[September 17 St. Robert Bellarmine](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-robert-bellarmine/) [September 19 St. Januarius](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-januarius/)

[All the saints of September](https://blessbible.app/saints/september/) [Born on September 18?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#09-18) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Joseph of Cupertino

Remembered on September 18

On this page

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

In the app

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