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:''Januarius is the name of the month in the ancient Roman Calendar called January in English .'' Saint Januarius Saint Januarius, or '''San Gennaro''', Bishop of Benevento , is a Saint and Martyr in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. According to legendary sources, he died in AD 305 during the persecution of Diocletian near Puteoli at the sulphur mines, where he was visiting imprisoned Deacon s. His body was later transferred to Naples , of which he is now the Patron Saint . He retains his Gel , such as hydrated iron oxide, or FeO(OH). In such a substance viscosity increases if left unstirred and decreases if stirred or moved. {Link without Title} {Link without Title} ''"It should also be noted that since the fourteenth century there have been several additional saints' bloods that liquefy all in the Naples area and thus suggestive of some regional secret."(Joe Nickell)'' {Link without Title} ]]Thousands of persons assemble to witness this event in the cathedral of Naples each year. The archbishop, at the high altar amid prayers and invocations holds up a glass phial that is said to contain the dried blood of San Gennaro, the city’s patron saint, and declares that it has liquefied. The announcement of the liquefaction is greeted with a 21-gun salute at the 13th-century Castel Nuovo. The ceremony takes place in May and December as well as on San Gennaro’s feast day in September. The first recorded reference to the “miracle of the blood” was in 1389. For the Italian population of Little Italy, Manhattan , and other New Yorkers, the Feast Of San Gennaro is a highlight of the year, when the saint's Polychrome statue is carried through the streets and a blocks-long street fair ensues. External links
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