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Saint Joseph of Arimathea , in the New Testament, wealthy man, probably a member of the Sanhedrin, who gave the body of Jesus a decent burial. The Christian Church has always honored him. The stories connecting him with the Holy Grail and with the founding of Glastonbury are probably literary fictions of the Middle Ages and have never received the approval of the church. Feast: Mar. 17.

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Joseph of Arimathea, Saint Prosperous Jew who was a secret follower of Jesus Christ. He claimed Christ's body from Pontius Pilate after the crucifixion and attended to its burial. His feast day is March 17 in the West, July 31 in the East.

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Joseph of Arimathea. For the legend of Joseph and the Holy Grail, see Grail and Glastonbury. According to fable, St Philip sent twelve disciples into Britain to preach Christianity, of whom Joseph of Arimathea was the leader. They founded at Glastonbury the first primitive church, which subsequently was developed into Glastonbury Abbey. Here Joseph was buried. His staff, planted in the ground, became the famous Glastonbury Thorn, which flowered at Christmas (William of Malmesbury, De Antiquitate Glastoniensis Ecclesiae). The fullest version of the Joseph Grail story is Robert de Boron's Joseph d'Arimathie.

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