Please answer the following question: Facts: - imagesize: 220px - venerated in: eastern communion , lutheranism orthodox church , roman catholic church , anglican - patronage: funeral directors - caption: 14th cross from the church of saint marina in kalopanagiotis , century cyprus . st. joseph of arimathea is the figure standing byzantine in the center , in blue-green robes holding the body icon of christ . of the descent from the - feast day: march the east , august 1 in the episcopal church -lrb- 17 us -rrb- in the west , july 31 in - name: saint joseph of arimathea - image: descent agiamarina.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joseph of arimathea .
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joseph of arimathea was , according to all four canonical gospels , the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of jesus after jesus ' crucifixion .a number of stories that developed during the middle ages connect him with both glastonbury , where he is supposed to have founded the earliest christian oratory , and also with the grail legend .