Founder of the original church of the Multiplication of Tabgha. The Judeo-Christians of Capernaum venerated a large rock on which Jesus is said to have placed the bread and fish before feeding the five thousand (Mk 6:30-44). Used as an altar, the rock was the very centre of the first church on this site, built by a Jewish nobleman from Tiberias. The Eastern communities venerated him under the name of St Josipos. The church was built in line with the ancient Via Maris in about 350 AD.