San Gennaro Shrine at Porta Capuana |
St. Januarius was born into a rich family sometime in the third century. He became the bishop of Naples and then annoyed the wrong people (namely the government of Emperor Diocletian, the only Roman emperor to retire of his own will) and was either torn apart by bears or beheaded or both. The cathedral of Naples is dedicated to him and it is here in Naples that his dried blood liquefies three times a year.
If you are ever in New York around the 19th of September (one of the days that the blood liquefies) check out the feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy.
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