Editing Januarius (section)

===Celebrations===
{{main|Feast of San Gennaro}}
[[File:Spadaro eruzione vesuvio.jpg|thumb|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.<ref>"Martyrologium Romanum" (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001 {{ISBN|88-209-7210-7}}).</ref>{{refn|group=n|In the 1498 Roman martyrology, his martyrdom took place on the thirteenth day before the [[kalends]] of October or 19 September.<ref>J. O'Connell, "The [[Roman Martyrology]]" [London 1962] ''s.v.'' September 19.</ref>}} In the Eastern Church, it is celebrated on 21 April.<ref>''Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church'' (Oxford University Press, 2005 {{ISBN|978-0-19-280290-3}})</ref>  The city of [[Naples]] has more than fifty official [[patron saints of Naples|patron saints]], although its principal patron is Saint Januarius.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90841|title= Sant' Aspreno di Napoli|date=19 April 2002|publisher=Santi e Beati|access-date=29 August 2008}}</ref>

In the [[United States]], the Feast of San Gennaro is also a highlight of the year for [[New York City|New York]]'s [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]], with the saint's [[polychrome]] statue carried through the middle of a [[street fair]] stretching for blocks.