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...bridges fell, the loss of life was comparatively small. The first tremors set all the church-bells in the city to jangling. Crying Miracola! Miracola! (Miracle! Miracle!) pious Neapolitans tumbled from their houses to pray in the streets. At dawn hundreds were kneeling before the cathedral, calling upon St. Januarius...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Vengeance of Providence | 8/4/1930 | See Source »

...great and good man, a bishop and a martyr, St. Januarius is not the Patron Saint of Earthquakes, but of Naples. Tortured and beheaded by the Emperor Diocletian, his skull and two phials containing his blood (see cut) are among the most sacred relics of Naples Cathedral. Eighteen times a year the phials of blood miraculously liquefy. The skull has a reputation for stopping eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius. While the faithful prayed in the square last week, dour Cardinal Ascalesi, splendid in scarlet soutane and sash, held high the gold-encased skull, blessed 20,000 worshippers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Vengeance of Providence | 8/4/1930 | See Source »

Disagreeing radically with the seismologists, Naples' dour Cardinal Ascalesi, guardian of St. Januarius' skull, insisted that the real cause of the earthquake was the indecent dresses of Neapolitan women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Vengeance of Providence | 8/4/1930 | See Source »

...Naples. In a small phial in a Catholic chapel in Naples abides a red substance which all the faithful recognize as the congealed blood of St. Januarius. Twice a year the clotted mass dissolves-usually in May and September. Last week Crown Prince Humbert appeared in Naples for a day. The blood dissolved. Newspapers printed extras. The populace saw heavenly favor for the Prince...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Trends May 24, 1926 | 5/24/1926 | See Source »

...recovered books, it was said at Naples, were "destined to revolutionize the whole history of the Roman pe riod." Professor Delis also stated that Professor di Martino-Fusco had discovered two other codices of immense importance-rumored to be a First Century life of Christ, a life of St." Januarius, Patron of Naples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Livy Lives | 9/15/1924 | See Source »

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