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The feast of St. Gennaro and the magic ampoules

The "miracle" of St. Gennaro” !

It is 19^th September and is a special day in Naples, everyone are waiting for so-called “the blood miracle of St.

Gennaro”! After the procession of holy bust and ampoule with blood take places in the streets of historic centre, people return in church.

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Around the Cathedral there are a lot of devotees, believers, curious onlookers, and tourists. Inside, we find traditional prayers of the “parenti of St. Gennaro”, a group of faithful women who incite the dissolution of blood with growing complaints.

Everybody are waiting for miracle!

How does the miracle of San Gennaro happen?

The dissolution of blood of St. Gennaro is certainly the most ancient Neapolitan mistery. The blood from solid condition becomes liquid for three times in a year: on 16^th December, on the first weekend of May and on 19^th September (patron saint’s festival).

Believers consider this phenomenon a miracle but if liquefaction doesn’t happen, this event is considered “baleful”. Indeed, people remember when in 1980 the b

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