San Gennaro, 17,18 pm finally the miracle!
San Gennaro, Naples, 17,18 pm finally the miracle. The miracle of the liquefaction of the blood of San Gennaro in Naples is renewed. to 17,18 the ampoule with the saint's blood was shown to the faithful gathered in the Cathedral, which melted after almost a day of prayer. In fact, both yesterday and today, the blood remained solid while the prayers and Eucharistic celebrations continued. There are three dates on which the Neapolitans gather in prayer to invoke the dissolution of blood: the 19 September, feast of the patron saint, the 16th December (in memory of the intervention with which the miracle that blocked the eruption of Vesuvius in the seventeenth century) and the first Saturday of May. Last December 16 the prodigy had not repeated itself.
Naples, 17,18 pm finally the miracle of San Gennaro: the three important dates
Three times a year San Gennaro renews his bond with Naples and his blood dissolves in front of thousands of citizens and faithful. At least that's what the Neapolitans hope for. On the Saturday before the first Sunday in May, September 19 and December 16, they flock to the cathedral to witness the miracle of liquefaction.
The atmosphere is dense with expectation, in the front row the 'relatives' await the moment when they have to sing songs and invocations to the saint so that the blood returns to its natural state, waiting for the cardinal to expose the vial and the assistant to shake the handkerchief to announce the miracle.
They are elderly women, descendants of Eusebia, the nurse who collected the blood of the Neapolitan saint. They are relatives, relatives, linked to the saint by an ancestral familiarity, a bond of blood, in such familiar terms as to call him " Yellow face”Or scold him when the miracle lasts too long. They repeat archaic rituals that have their roots in the Greek origins of Naples, when women mourned their young dead, hoping to resurrect them and renew the myth of the eternal return. For them San Gennaro is like a son.
First miracle
the first miracle, On the Saturday preceding the first Sunday in May, the bust and the reliquary with the urn and the ampoules, together with the silver busts of the patron saints of Naples, are carried in procession from the Cathedral to the Basilica of Saint Clare, in memory of the first transfer of the saint's relics from Pozzuoli to Naples. After the ritual prayers, the "first miracle" of the liquefaction of the blood takes place.
Second miracle
The second miracle, perhaps the best known, rite of blood liquefaction, is September 19, the anniversary of the beheading of the young bishop of Benevento. Inside the Cathedral, in the presence of the cardinal, the civic authorities and the congregation, the miracle takes place after the ritual prayers
Third miracle
Third miracle, On December 16, the day of the celebration of the patronage of San Gennaro, the "miracle" of the liquefaction of blood is repeated in memory of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1631, when the blood liquefied and the flow of magma miraculously stopped and did not invade the city .
San Gennaro will take care of it!
In reality, the cult of the Neapolitan saint has always been popular, rooted in Neapolitan culture. The Neapolitans have an equal relationship with San Gennaro, and they demonstrate this with constant dialogue and confidentiality. San Gennaro, fix it! it is an invocation that is repeated in the face of personal worries, collective fears, natural events and disasters. San Gennaro, you know me, if only you could grant me this favor, says Massimo Troisi in one of his most famous sketches. Nino Manfredi invokes him in The Treasure of the Neapolitan saint and the whole town prays to him, because they see in him a brother to turn to in case of need.