Life of Saint John Joseph of the Cross
Saint John Joseph of the Cross, also known as Giuseppe Maria Desa, was a leading figure in the Order of Discalced Carmelites and in eighteenth-century Christian spirituality. Born in 1654 on Ischia, an island off the coast of Naples, he embraced the religious life at a very early age, entering the novitiate of the Discalced Carmelites in Naples at the age of fifteen. Saint John Joseph of the Cross is also known as Giuseppe Maria Desa.
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