He is recognized as the patron saint of air travelers, aviators, people with a mental handicap, and weak students.
O great St. Joseph of Cupertino who while on earth did obtain from God the grace to be asked at your examination only the questions you knew. Obtain for me a like favor in the Nursing Board Examinations for which I am now preparing. In return, I promise to make you known and cause you to be invoked. I ask this through Christ our lord. Amen.