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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]
The Catacombs of San Gennaro are underground paleo-Christian burial and worship sites in Naples, Italy, carved out of tuff, a porous stone. They are situated in the northern part of the city, on the slope leading up to Capodimonte [ it ] , consisting of two levels, San Gennaro Superiore, and San Gennaro Inferiore. [ 1 ]
Januarius (/ ˌ dʒ æ n. j u ˈ ɛər i ə s / JAN-yoo-AIR-ee-əs; [2] Latin: Ianuarius; Neapolitan and Italian: Gennaro), also known as Januarius I of Benevento, was Bishop of Benevento and is a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Armenian Apostolic Church.
The deconsecrated church of San Gennaro all’Olmo is a former religious edifice located in the city center of Naples, Italy, on Via San Gregorio Armeno.It is adjacent and for many years integral to the chapel-church of San Biagio Maggiore.
Abbey of San Gennaro in Capolona (est. 972) San Gennaro dei Poveri ("San Gennaro of the Poor"), a hospital in Naples; Porta San Gennaro ("San Gennaro Gate") in Naples; San Gennaro Vesuviano, a village near Naples; Order of San Gennaro, a knightly order headed by the titular King of Naples, a member of the Spanish royal family
Dome of the Treasury Chapel seen from Piazza Riario Sforza. The Royal Chapel of the Treasure of St. Januarius, or the Reale cappella del Tesoro di San Gennaro, is a chapel located in the Cathedral of Naples, Italy, and dedicated to St. Januarius, patron saint of the city.
San Gennaro extra Moenia ("San Gennaro Beyond the Walls") is a church in Naples, Italy. It is located in the Rione Sanita on the large road that leads up to the Capodimonte museum and is an example of so-called paleo-Christian architecture in the city. Frescoes in the entrance to atrium
Another attraction of the interior is the Royal Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro, with frescoes by Domenichino and Giovanni Lanfranco, altarpieces by Domenichino, Massimo Stanzione and Jusepe Ribera, the rich high altar by Francesco Solimena, the bronze railing by Cosimo Fanzago and other artworks, including a reliquary by French masters ...