Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benevento
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The Archdiocese of Benevento is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It currently has five suffragan dioceses: the diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, the diocese of Avellino, the diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti, the Territorial Abbey of Montevergine, and the archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia.
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Saint Januarius (in a modern depiction) was the first bishop of the diocese, until his martyrdom in 305.
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 and the Eastern Orthodox Church. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later sources and legends claim that he died during the Great Persecution, which ended with Diocletian's retirement in 305.
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