# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/januarius
# Generated: 2026-09-01T12:43:11.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/januarius"
name: "Januarius"
slug: "januarius"
description: "A fourth-century bishop whose dried blood liquefies three times a year in Naples Cathedral — or so the faithful believe when the sealed vial is brought out before crowds who've gathered for centuries to see if the relic will turn."
tagline: "Bishop of Naples"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saint_Januarius.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "0272-04-21"
deathDate: "0305-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.54
  momentum:             10
  historical:           22.92643333333334
  currentAttention:     30.76923076923077
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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    slug: "religious-figures"
  - name: "Religious Figure"
    slug: "religious-figure"
  - name: "Religion"
    slug: "religion"
  - name: "Ancient History"
    slug: "ancient-history"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315312"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Sant Genver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gener_de_Benevent"
    title: "Gener de Benevent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Januarius"
    title: "Januarius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Januarius"
    title: "Januarius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Januaro_(sanktulo)"
    title: "Januaro (sanktulo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenaro_de_N%C3%A1poles"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Januarius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Januarius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Naomh Januarius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Januarije"
    title: "Januarije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szent_Janu%C3%A1riusz"
    title: "Szent Januáriusz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Gennaro"
    title: "San Gennaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "야누아리오"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ianuarius_(sanctus)"
    title: "Ianuarius (sanctus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_%C4%A0ennaru"
    title: "San Ġennaru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Gennaro"
    title: "San Gennaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Januarius_van_Benevento"
    title: "Januarius van Benevento"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saint Janvier de Napoules"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جانواريوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_(%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%86)"
    title: "Януарий (светец)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Januarius served as Bishop of Benevento in the late Roman Empire, during the final years of Diocletian's Great Persecution, which ended in 305. Later tradition holds he was martyred in that wave of state violence against Christians, though no records from his own time survived. What did survive was a vial, kept in Naples, where he became patron saint. Three times each year the cathedral fills with believers waiting to see whether the dark substance sealed inside will shift from solid to liquid — a phenomenon reported for centuries, never explained to everyone's satisfaction, and still drawing crowds who come to witness what science and faith read differently.