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The Feast of San Gennaro (in Italian: Festa di San Gennaro), also known as San Gennaro Festival, is a Neapolitan and Italian-American patronal festival dedicated to Saint Januarius, patron saint of Naples and Little Italy, New York. [1] His feast is celebrated on 19 September in the calendar of the Catholic Church. [a] [3] [4]
Festival of the Feast of San Gennaro on Mulberry Street in 2006. During the Italian-American festival of the Feast of San Gennaro each September, the entire street is blocked off to vehicular traffic for the street fair. The San Gennaro Feast began in 1926 and continues as of 2024. It is the largest Italian-American Festival in New York and ...
The Feast of San Gennaro is a large street fair, lasting 11 days, that takes place every September along Mulberry Street between Houston and Canal Streets. [16] The festival is an annual celebration of Italian culture and the Italian-American community. In 1995, Mort Berkowitz became the professional manager of a community group that had been ...
Marchers make their way down Mulberry Street while participating in the Grand Procession, a parade celebrating the Feast of San Gennaro on September 14, 2024 in New York City’s Little Italy ...
San Gennaro procession in Naples, 1631. The Feast of San Gennaro is celebrated on 19 September in the General Roman Calendar of the Catholic Church. [6] [n 3] In the Eastern Church, it is celebrated on 21 April. [8] The city of Naples has more than fifty official patron saints, although its principal patron is Saint Januarius. [9]
During the Feast of San Gennaro, which is held yearly in September, a celebratory Mass is held at the church on the September 19th the feast day of San Gennaro. After the Mass, a statue of San Gennaro is taken from its home within the church on a procession through the streets of Little Italy. [2] Most Precious Blood is home to several vibrant ...
The neighborhood was long regarded as part of Little Italy, but has lost its recognizable Italian character in recent decades because of rapidly rising rents. [1] The Feast of San Gennaro, dedicated to Saint Januarius ("Pope of Naples"), is held in the neighborhood every year following Labor Day, on Mulberry Street between Houston and Grand Streets. [6]
The Feast of San Gennaro (in Italian: Festa di San Gennaro), also known as "San Gennaro Festival", is a Neapolitan and Italian-American patronal festival dedicated to Saint Januarius, patron saint of Naples and Little Italy, New York. [92] His feast is celebrated on 19 September in the calendar of the Catholic Church.