The San Gennaro 2019 Festival in Naples returns in September to the city's Cathedral.
The Feast of San Gennaro, the venerated patron saint of the Neapolitan province, is celebrated on 19 September 2019 and it is one of the most important religious celebrations of the year for the Neapolitan faithful, who gather in the city Cathedral to witness the miraculous liquefaction of the blood of the saint in ampoules that the Cardinal Citizen exposes to the view and to the veneration of the faithful.
The celebrations will open on 18 Settembre with the traditional procession from the Church of San Lorenzo Maggiore to the Cathedral and with the lighting of the votive lamp in the churchyard of the Cathedral.
Recall that the 19 September some museums are free.
Program of the Feast of San Gennaro
Wednesday 18 September
16 hours: 30
Basilica of Santa Restituta in the Duomo, Via Duomo 147
Offer of oil for the votive lamp by the ecclesiastics and faithful of the Diocese of Nocera - Sarno
Following:
Basilica of San Lorenzo Maggiore, Piazza San Gaetano
Departure of the procession of the faithful towards the Duomo
18 hours: 00
Naples Cathedral, Via Duomo 147
Vigilante Rite of the Celebration of First Vespers and veneration of the saint's relics
Thursday September 19
8 hours: 00
Celebration of the first mass.
9 hours: 45
Opening of the reliquary with the blood ampoules, procession towards the main altar, miracle of the liquefaction of the blood.
Starting at 16: 00 18 to: 30
Exposure of ampoules to the veneration of the faithful.
