Joseph Lieber Joseph Mein/ Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine

Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine is a German Christmas Carol originating from the 14th century. All but two of the paintings depicting the Nativity of Our Lord are by the Catholic painter Bartolome Esteban Murillo. What follows is an excerpt taken from the 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia about this great artist. Spanish painter; b. at Seville, 31 December, 1617; d. there 5 April, 1682. His family surname was Esteban; that of Murillo, which he assumed in accordance with an Andalusian custom, was his mother’s. His