Januarius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Januarius

Bishop of Naples

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-0272

Place of Birth: Benevento, Campania, Italy

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0305

Profession: Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Januarius (Latin: Ianuarius; Italian: Gennaro), also known as Januarius I of Benevento, was Bishop of Benevento and is a martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later sources and legends claim that he died during the Great Persecution which ended with Diocletian's retirement in 305. Januarius is the patron saint of Naples, where the faithful gather three times a year in Naples Cathedral to witness the liquefaction of what is claimed to be a sample of his blood kept in a sealed glass ampoule.



Alternative names	Ludovicus Finsonius, Ludovicus Finson, Louis Finsonius, Louis Vinson, Ludovicus Vinson
Description	Flemish painter, draughtsman and copyist
Date of birth/death	1580 or 1585	late 1617 date QS:P,+1617-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40719766
Location of birth/death	Bruges	Amsterdam
Work period	between circa 1606 and circa 1617 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1606-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1617-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Naples, Rome (circa 1606 date QS:P,+1606-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 -circa 1613 date QS:P,+1613-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 ), Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Marseille (1613-1616), Paris (1615), Amsterdam (1616)
Authority control	: Q2701472 VIAF: 95841863 ISNI: 0000 0000 8199 9098 ULAN: 500025963 LCCN: nr87001041 WGA: FINSON, Louis WorldCat