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Also known as

• Januarius of Benevento
• Januarius of the Miracle
• Gennaro…

Memorial

• 19 September
• Saturday before the 1st Sunday in May (translation of relics)
• 16 December (commemorates the saving of the city from starvation in 1631 when the presence of his relics turned aside lava from Mount Vesusius which was about to destroy the granaries and their stockpile of winter supplies)

Profile

Fourth century bishop of Benevento, Italy during the persecutions of Diocletian. Arrested while visiting imprisoned deacons, and then martyred with them.

His blood was preserved, and dried. Since at least 1389, on his feast day, and on the Satuday before the first Sunday in May, the blood liquefies.

Born

• Benevento, Italy or Naples, Italy (records vary)

Died

• martyred c.304 at Naples, Italy or Pozzuoli, Italy (sources vary)
• first thrown to wild beasts
• when the animals would not attack him, he was beheaded

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against volcanic eruptions (especially of Vesuvius)
• blood banks
• blood donors
• —
• locations in Italy
  • Afragola
  • Benevento, city of
  • Benevento, diocese of
  • Cercola
  • Matinella, Albanella
  • Naples, archdiocese of
  • Naples, city of
  • Pozzuoli, diocese of

MLA Citation

• “Saint Januarius of Naples“. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 April 2024. Web. 23 April 2024. <>