The blood of San Gennaro has liquefied. The announcement was made at 18:09 in the Basilica of Santa Chiara, where the procession that started from the Cathedral concluded.

On Thursday, Sept. 19, the anniversary of San Gennaro’s martyrdom, a religious service will be held at 6 p.m. at the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood, segueing into a religious procession.

Exuberant in all things, the people of Naples reserve their most pious transports for their patron San Gennaro (St. Januarius), Bishop of Beneventum who was martyred about 305 A. D. In the treasure ...

According to legend, the purported miracle recalls the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 1631 when the blood of San Gennaro liquified and the magma from the volcano stopped before entering the city.

ROME (AP) — When director Paolo Sorrentino’s hit series “The Young Pope” debuted in 2016, it took the Vatican a year to grudgingly bless his imagined and occasionally blasphemous portrayal ...