The blood of San Gennaro does not liquefy on the December feast

In Naples, the blood of San Gennaro remained solid on Wednesday, having liquefied both in May and in September of this year.

“When we took the reliquary from the safe, the blood was absolutely solid and remains absolutely solid,” said Fr. Vincenzo de Gregorio, abbot of the Chapel of San Gennaro in the Cathedral of Naples.

De Gregorio showed the reliquary and the blood solidified inside it to those gathered after the morning mass on December 16 in the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary.

The abbot said the miracle sometimes happened in the course of the day. In a video he can be seen saying “a few years ago at five in the afternoon, the finish line liquefied. So we don't know what's going to happen. "

“The current state, as you can see, is absolutely solid. It doesn't show any sign, not even a small drop, because it sometimes falls, ”he added. "It's okay, we'll wait for the sign with faith."

By the end of the day's evening mass, however, the blood was still solid.

December 16 marks the anniversary of the conservation of Naples from the eruption of Vesuvius in 1631. It is only one of the three days a year that the miracle of the liquefaction of San Gennaro's blood often occurs.

The alleged miracle has not been officially recognized by the Church, but it is known and accepted locally and is considered a good sign for the city of Naples and its Campania region.

Conversely, failure to liquefy blood is believed to signal war, famine, disease or other disaster