BLOOD OF ST. JANUARIUS.
NEAPOLITANS IN A FRENZY OF JOY. The yearly mirncle of tlio liquefaction of the blood of St. .Innunriiis in tho cathedral at Naples was accomplished recently. Insido the building tlio excitement was at: its highest pitch, and the impatience of tlio congregation was such that (ho police, who t«ke charge on these occasions, had the utmost difficulty in keeping order and preventing; the people from rushing the high altar, where tlio relic of (ho saint, in the shape of the. blood in a glass lube, is kejjt. At the supreme moment guns wove tired and n "To Benin" sung. The bulls nenled all over (he city, and the Neapolitans, in n perfect frenzy of joy, applauded and shouted and wept tears | of hanpiiVss. They were convinced ofyimiminily for another year from the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1564, 7 October 1912, Page 5
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140BLOOD OF ST. JANUARIUS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1564, 7 October 1912, Page 5
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