Naples ’44

Saint / folklore

St John / San Giovanni a Carbonara

A Naples church holding a blood relic said to liquefy.

In the book

One of the churches whose blood relic is reported to be bubbling amid the spring 1944 miracle fever.

Appears in 1 diary entry.

  1. March 25 1944
    Widespread fear that San Gennaro's blood may fail to liquefy reflects a surge of religious "miracle" fervor sweeping wartime Naples.

    bubbling blood relic

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