San Giuseppe da Copertino is a

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basilica church in the town of

Osimo Osimo is a town and ''comune'' of the Marche region of Italy, in the province of Ancona. The municipality covers a hilly area located approximately south of the port city of Ancona and the Adriatic Sea. , Osimo had a total population of 35,037. ...

, region of

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, Italy.

San Giuseppe da Copertino si eleva in volo alla vista della Basilica di Loreto

History

A church at the site, dedicated to St Francis of Assisi, who had visited Osimo in 1215 and 1220, was consecrated in 1234 in the

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-style seen on the outside. St

Joseph of Cupertino Joseph of Cupertino, OFM Conv. ( it, Giuseppe da Copertino; 17 June 1603 – 18 September 1663) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint. According to traditional Franciscan accounts, he was "rem ...

was a pious local Franciscan priest, said to have performed miracles, including levitation. He died in 1663 in Osimo, and was beatified in 1753, wherein the Frati Minori Conventuali who were affiliated with the church commissioned refurbishment of the interiors in a Neoclassical-style by the architect Andrea Vici. After canonization, his remains were placed under the main altar in 1771; it is now housed in a crypt constructed in 1963. Gilded angels hold aloft a glass sarcophagus with the Saint in a friar's garb. The interior of the church houses an ''Enthroned Madonna and Saints'' by

Antonio Solario Antonio Solario ( 1502–1518), also known as Antonio de Solario or da Solario and sometimes by the nickname Lo Zingaro ("The Gypsy"), was an Italian painter of the Venetian school, who worked in Naples, the Marche and possibly England. His care ...

, and a ''Crucifixion'' by

Francesco Solimena Francesco Solimena (4 October 1657 – 3 April 1747) was a prolific Italian painter of the Baroque era, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen. Biography Francesco Solimena was born in Canale di Serino in the province of ...

. The latter painting was moved here in 1893 from the tower of Palazzo Comunale. The quarters of the saint in the adjacent monastery, where he resided from 1657 to 1663 and his adjacent oratory, are open to visitors. During 1933-1937,

Gaetano Bocchetti Gaetano Bocchetti (10 August 1888 – 1990) was an Italian painter. He was born in Naples and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. He participated in a number of exhibitions, including the 1920 Venice Biennale The Venice Bienn ...

frescoed the apse with a ''Glory of San Giuseppe'', and other walls with ''Lives of Franciscan Saints''. An altar holds the body of the Blessed Benvenuto Bambozzi (1809 -1875). The Sacristy retains frescoes from the 14th century and a canvas depicting the ''Ecstasy of San Giuseppe upon visiting the Santa Casa di Loreto'' (1781) by Mazzanti.Official site
Story of the church.

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