Feast of St. Joseph: Why Christians celebrate Jesus’ foster father on this day [Video]

March 19 is the Feast of St. Joseph — also known as St. Joseph’s Day. 

The day celebrates the life of St. Joseph, “the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, foster father of Jesus Christ, and patron of the universal Catholic Church,” Fr. Angelo N. Carusi told Fox News Digital. 

Carusi is pastor at St. Rocco’s Church in Johnston, Rhode Island. 

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St. Joseph’s legacy remains influential even to this day, though there is not much about him written in the Bible. 

“I think it’s rather amazing that there are no recorded words of St. Joseph in the Bible — and yet, there are more churches named after him and more images of him throughout the world than any other saint, except, of course, Jesus and Mary,” said Fr. Carusi. 

St. Joseph is particularly venerated by Italians and those of Italian descent, thanks to a purported miracle during …