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In spite of his activity in Rome, Domenichino decided to leave the city in 1631 to take up the most prestigious, and very lucrative, commission in Naples, the decoration of the Cappella del Tesoro di San Gennaro of the Naples Cathedral. His Scenes from the Life of San Gennaro occupied him for the rest of his life. He painted four large lunettes ...
They asked him to submit a painting depicting the Martyrdom of San Gennaro (now in the museo del tesoro di San Gennaro). Pleased with the submission, he was hired in 1631. Frescoes of the Dome by Domenichino. Domenichino completed the majority of the frescoes in the chapel.
The Feast of San Gennaro (in Italian: Festa di San Gennaro), also known as San Gennaro Festival, is a Neapolitan and Italian-American patronal festival dedicated to Saint Januarius, patron saint of Naples and Little Italy, New York. [1] His feast is celebrated on 19 September in the calendar of the Catholic Church. [a] [3] [4]
San Gennaro procession in Naples, 1631. The Feast of San Gennaro is celebrated on 19 September in the General Roman Calendar of the Catholic Church. [6] [n 3] In the Eastern Church, it is celebrated on 21 April. [8] The city of Naples has more than fifty official patron saints, although its principal patron is Saint Januarius. [9]
The comune of San Gennaro Vesuviano is positioned in the site of the Pianura Campana (the Campania Plain – once named the Planum Palmae), surrounded by the Vesuvius and Monte Sant’Angelo. Archeological findings date early settlements back to the Bronze Age , around 2000 BC, when a sudden eruption of the Vesuvius wiped out the ancient ...
Danny’s on the Corner can trace its roots back to a Torrone stand helmed by Fratta’s great grandmother in the 1920s. It was among the feast’s first vendors, the owner said.
The Miracle of the Magdalene bridge recalls an incident in December 1631, when the cardinal of Naples, led a procession dedicated to San Gennaro to the bridge to plead for the end to an eruption of Vesuvius. The ebbing of the eruption was interpreted as a miraculous intercession.
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