Januarius
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Januarius, also known as Januarius I of Benevento, was Bishop of Benevento and is a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later sources and
Copy taken from a portrait of Saint Januarius by Caravaggio
Ribera, Saint Januarius Emerges Unscathed from the Furnace, Naples Cathedral
San Gennaro procession in Naples, 1631
Martyrdom of Saint Januarius by Girolamo Pesce
Liquefying blood relics
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Liquefying blood relics are Christian relics, primarily in Campania, Italy, that are reported to undergo periodic transitions from an apparently solid state to a liquid state during religious observan
Januarius
…The Succorpo was finished in 1506 and is considered one of the city's prominent monuments of the High Renaissance. Januarius is famous for the annual liquefaction of his blood, which, according to legend, was saved by a woman named Eusebia just after his death. A chronicle of Naples written in 1382 describes the cult of Saint…
Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe during the rite of the liquefaction of the blood of Januarius.
Ampoule associated with Januarius.
Tabernacle said to contain the blood of Pantaleon, located behind the side altar of Mary of the Assumption and Pantaleon at the Ravello Cathedral
Drawing of the reliquary containing the two ampoules said to hold Januarius' blood, c. 1860