He was a noble counsellor (a lawyer) who became a disciple of Our Lord. He took care of the burial of Jesus in a grave which he owned, and which never had been used by another. Our Lord’s two pallbearers were Saint Joseph of Arimathea and Saint Nicodemus. Saint Joseph of Arimathea was the first apostle to Britain, and founded the church at Glastonbury. It was he who brought the Holy Grail — the Cup which Jesus used for His Precious Blood at the Last Supper — to England. Saint Joseph of Arimathea was more than eighty years old when he died.
Joseph of Arimathea by Pietro Perugino (credits/details)
