On 19 September Naples celebrates San Gennaro, its patron, the most famous and well-known Catholic saint in the world. On the occasion of this very important religious celebration, all the Neapolitan faithful gather in the city Cathedral to witness the miraculous liquefaction of the blood.

A story of devotion and faith, where reality and popular legends overlap and intertwine, making San Gennaro one of the best known and most respected Catholic martyrs in the world. The precious blood of San Gennaro was set inside ampoules in a reliquary about 700 years ago at the behest of King Robert of Anjou. This precious reliquary is kept together with seventy other works of inestimable value, in the Museum of the Treasure of San Gennaro, in the chapel in the right aisle of the Cathedral.

A real museum that contains marbles, frescoes, paintings by the best artists of the time and the Neapolitan Baroque movement. Here it is possible to admire jewels, precious objects, documents, silver and paintings donated over the centuries to the Saint by Popes, kings and illustrious men.
Its construction, which dates back to 1527, was a thanks to the patron saint for having freed Naples from three scourges: cholera, the Franco-Spanish war and the eruption of Vesuvius.

The Museum of the Treasure of San Gennaro tells the extraordinary story of the Neapolitan people, between devotion and prejudice, faith and incredulity.

How to get
The museum can be reached on foot from the central railway station in Piazza Garibaldi.
Covering Corso Umberto for about 650 meters up to Piazza Nicola Amore, on the right you have to take Via Duomo and continue for about 500 meters. The entrance to the museum is under arcades on the right, next to the Cathedral of Naples.

Useful info
The museum is open all day every day:
from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 16:30
Entry possible until 4pm
On Saturdays and public holidays from 9:00 to 17:30
Entry possible until 5pm
In addition, the museum has access ramps for disabled people.