This week the 85th Feast of San Gennaro is being celebrated along the length of Mott and Mulberry streets in New York City's Little Italy (Chinatown? Five Points? Two Bridges?). The feast honors the martyrdom of San Gennaro, the Patron Saint of Naples, and has been held in Little Italy since 1926, centered around the National Shrine to San Gennaro at the Church of Most Precious Blood (just around the corner at 113 Baxter Street). The feast runs through Sunday, September 26th.
For a full and colorful explanation of the Feast, check out this two part series from The Bowery Boys in 2007.
Part 1: Blood and Sideshows
Part 2: Most Precious Blood
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