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San Gennaro Vesuviano · Naples · Campania
On 19 September San Gennaro Vesuviano celebrates the patron the municipality is named after; the same day also halts the oldest fair in southern Italy, founded in the 17th century by Marquis Scipione Pignatelli, for the Mass held in the saint's memory.
The patron of San Gennaro Vesuviano is Saint Januarius, after whom the municipality is named; his feast falls on 19 September.
Marquis Scipione Pignatelli founded the town's fair in the 17th century, the oldest in southern Italy, leaving his estates to the Franciscan friars on condition that they renew it every year; on 19 September trading would stop for the Mass held in the saint's memory, celebrated by the father superior from the balcony of the friary.
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