See also:

• JANUARIUS, ST, or SAN GENNARO

JANUARIUS, ST, or See also:

• SAN

SAN GENNARO  , the See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples . According to the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, he was See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• BENEVENTO

Benevento, and flourished towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . On the outbreak of the persecution by See also:

• DIOCLETIAN (GAIUs AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS) (A.D. 245–313)
• DIOCLETIAN, EDICT OF (De Pretiis rerum venalium)

Diocletian and Maximian, he was taken to See also:

• NOLA

Nola and brought before See also:

• TIMOTHEUS

Timotheus, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• CAMPANIA

Campania, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his profession of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . After various assaults upon his constancy, he was sentenced to be See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast into the fiery See also:

• FURNACE

furnace, through which he passed wholly unharmed . On the following See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, along with a number of See also:

• FELLOW

fellow martyrs, he was exposed to the fury of See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild beasts, which, however, laid themselves down in tame submission at his feet . Timotheus, again pronouncing See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of See also:

• DEATH

death, was struck with See also:

• BLINDNESS

blindness, but immediately healed by the powerful inter-cession of the saint, a See also:

• MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

miracle which converted nearly five thousand men on the spot . The ungrateful See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, only roused to further fury by these occurrences, caused the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of See also:

• JANUARIUS, ST, or SAN GENNARO

Januarius by the See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword to be forthwith carried out . The See also:

• BODY

body was ultimately removed by the inhabitants of Naples to that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, where the relic became very famous for its miracles, especially in counteracting the more dangerous eruptions of See also:

• VESUVIUS (also Vesevus in ancient poets)

Vesuvius . Whatever the difficulties raised by his Acta, the cult of St Januarius, bishop and See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr, is attested historically at Naples as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the 5th century (Biblioth. hagiog. See also:

• LATINA, VIA

latina, No . 6558) . Two phials preserved in the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral are believed to contain the See also:

• BLOOD

blood of the martyr . The relic is shown twice a See also:

• YEAR

year—in May and See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September .

On these occasions the substance contained in the phial liquefies, and the Neapolitans see in this phenomenon a supernatural manifestation . The " miracle of St Januarius " did not occur before the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 15th century . A See also:

• GREAT

great number of See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints of the name of Januarius are mentioned in the martyrologies . The best-known are the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman martyr (festival, the loth of See also:

• JULY

July), whose See also:

• EPITAPH (Gr. it oa¢cos, sc. X/yos, from bri, upon, and ra¢os, a tomb)

epitaph was written by See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• DAMASUS

Damasus (De See also:

• ROSSI, LUIGI DE
• ROSSI, PELLEGRINO LUIGI EDOARDO, COUNT (1787-1848)

Rossi, Bullettino, p . 17, 1863), and the martyr of See also:

• CORDOVA (Span. C6rdoba)
• CORDOVA (Span. Cordoba; Lat. Corduba)

Cordova, who forms along with Faustus and See also:

• MARTIALIS, QUINTUS GARGILIUS

Martialis the See also:

• GROUP

group designated by See also:

• PRUDENTIUS, AURELIUS CLEMENS (348-c. 410)

Prudentius (Peristephanon, iv . 20) by the name of tres coronae . The festival of these martyrs is celebrated on the 13th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October . See Acta sanctorum, September, vi . 761–891; G . Scherillo, Esame di un codice See also:

• GRECO, EL

greco pubblicato nel tomo secondo della bibliotheca casinensis (Naples, 1876) ; G . Taglialatela, Memorie storico-critiche del culto del sangue di S . Gennaro (Naples, 1893), which contains many facts, but little See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism; G .

Albini, See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla mobilitd dei liquidi viscosi non omogenei (Societd reale di Napoli, Rendiconti, 2nd See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, vol. iv., 189o) ; Acta sanctorum, October, vi . 187–193 . (H .