San Giuseppe, Baroque church in Piazza IX Aprile, Taormina, Italy.

San Giuseppe is a Baroque church in Taormina featuring a grand double staircase crafted from Syracuse stone that leads to three decorated portals. The facade displays marble elements in white, grey, and pink tones sourced from local quarries.

Construction of the church took place between the late 1600s and early 1700s, a period when the Baroque style flourished in Sicily. It served as the headquarters for a religious brotherhood dedicated to honoring the souls in purgatory until the early 1900s.

The church was built as the seat of the Confraternita delle anime del Purgatorio, and flames, skulls and crossed bones recur on the facade and in the reliefs. The left side portal bears the motto "X funere foenus", an allusion to the phoenix reborn from its ashes. The room behind it is often used for painting and art exhibitions.

The church stands just outside the Porta dell'Orologio on Piazza IX Aprile, also called Piano di Sant'Agostino, in Taormina's historic centre. Its raised balcony and floor, about two metres above street level, are reached by a double flight of steps with a balustrade of Syracuse stone and eight stone vases. The building was closed after ceiling collapses in 2015 for consolidation and restoration.

The church was built as the seat of the Confraternita delle Anime del Purgatorio, and its facade still carries that brotherhood's symbols: a high relief of a skull with crossed bones, flame-topped vases and the motto "Christus regnat" beneath the central Christ the King. The left side door bears the phrase "X funere foenus", pointing to the phoenix reborn from ashes.