Word: beneventum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...onlookers, wildly slapping backs and shouting "Grazie, San Gennaro," a miracle indeed had occurred: the periodic liquefaction of what is believed by many to be the blood of St. Januarius, martyred 4th century Bishop of Beneventum. When Januarius was flung to wild bears in the arena, so the story goes, the animals would not harm him; instead, the bishop was beheaded and his blood was collected by a faithful follower. For centuries the phenomenon of the liquefaction has been observed in Naples at regular intervals: on San Gennaro's feast day (Sept. 19). on the Saturday before the first...
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