A Catholic saint of 17th-century Italy. His life story says he knew only one passage of scripture, and at his examination for the diaconate he was asked exactly that passage. He later became the patron saint of exam-takers.
Record, Folk and Modern are kept apart, and each one carries its source.
A 17th-century life of Joseph of Cupertino tells that he knew only one passage of scripture. When he sat the examination to become a deacon, that was the passage he was asked about.
To verify: The author and date of the 17th-century life, from the sources Wikipedia cites; Which passage it was
Because of that story, Catholics later took him as the patron saint of people sitting exams. He is remembered on small religious medals, from plain ones to silver.
To verify: When he was first named patron of exam-takers
Joseph of Cupertino is a saint of a living Catholic faith. We tell his story and draw an emblem from it, never his portrait. A medal does not sit the exam for anyone, and we make no promise about results.
