Joseph of Ar‧i‧ma‧the‧a, Saint /ˌdʒəʊzəf əv ˌærəməˈθiːə, ˌdʒəʊzɪf əv ˌærəməˈθiːə/
in the New Testament of the Bible, a rich follower of Jesus who asked to be given Jesus's dead body so that he could bury it in the tomb that he had built for himself. There is also an old story that he brought the Holy Grail (=the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper) to England and built the first Christian church in England at Glastonbury.

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