Dazzling with diamonds, emeralds and gold, 70 pieces of treasure — said to be some of the most valuable in the world — have been transported from a vault in a Naples cathedral to a museum in Rome.

The reliquary of St. Januarius at Mass in Naples Cathedral, Italy, Dec. 16, 2021. (photo: Screenshot / canale21.it.) CNA Staff World December 16, 2021 NAPLES, Italy — The blood of St. Januarius ...

March 21 — The archbishop of Naples claimed on Saturday that the dried blood of the city’s patron saint began to turn liquid in an ampoule on Saturday while Pope Francis was in the cathedral ...

“We have just taken from the safe the reliquary with the blood of our patron saint, which immediately completely liquefied,” the abbot of the chapel of the treasury of the Naples Cathedral ...

At the end of Pope Francis' spontaneity-filled meeting with priests, seminarians and religious in the cathedral of Naples, the vial of dried blood of the city's patron saint appeared to ...

In Naples’ Cathedral on Wednesday, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, the Archbishop of Naples, held up a vial containing the blood of the third-century saint while a traditional white handkerchief was ...

The archbishop recalled that Sept. 19 marks the anniversary of St. Januarius’ martyrdom more than 1,700 years ago. The blood of St. Januarius liquefied on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, before a Mass ...

151; -- A group of nuns dedicated to a wholly contemplative life swarmed Pope Francis today while he was giving a speech in Naples Cathedral in Italy. Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, who was officiating ...

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