When: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 @ 6:00 p.m.

Where: Beck Rooms—University Library, Lower Level, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079

R.S.V.P. to [email protected] or (973) 275-2967.

The Charles and Joan Alberto Italian Studies Institute is pleased to present Believing the Impossible: Neapolitan Identity and the Cult of San Gennaro with Dr. Ilaria Poerio—University of Reading, UK Alberto Institute Visiting Scholar.

San Gennaro – patron saint of the city of Naples, who for seventeen centuries has been venerated above all for the alleged miracle of the annual liquefaction of his blood – isn't just any saint. The saint and the city he protects have become two sides of the same coin: a "human" unpredictable saint for a shaky city dominated by Vesuvius volcano - eternal threat and constant memento of the shortness of life.

Source: http://ilregno2s.blogspot.it/