About Chiesa di Santa Lucia al Monte (Saint Lucy of the Mount) in Naples, Italy:
Contains the tomb of Saint John Joseph of the Cross (not to be confused with Saint John of the Cross, whose tomb is in Segovia, Spain). Saint John Joseph of the Cross (Aug 15, 1654-
About Saint John Joseph of the Cross:
John Joseph was very ascetic even as a young man. At 16, he joined the Franciscans in Naples; he was the first Italian to follow the reform movement of Saint Peter Alcantara. John Joseph’s reputation for holiness prompted his superiors to put him in charge of establishing a new friary even before he was ordained.
Obedience moved John Joseph to accept appointments as novice master, guardian and, finally, provincial. His years of mortification enabled him to offer these services to the friars with great charity. As guardian he was not above working in the kitchen or carrying the wood and water needed by the friars.
When his term as provincial expired, John Joseph dedicated himself to hearing confessions and practicing mortification, two concerns contrary to the spirit of the dawning Age of Enlightenment. Saint John Joseph of the Cross was canonized in 1839.
His body is housed in a glass urn within the Francis also noted as his place of death). The saint, a 17th-century Italian Franciscan, is highly venerated, with his remains having been brought back to his native island of Ischia in 2003.
He is the patron saint of the island of Ischia and remains widely venerated in the Naples region.