Recite novena for nine consecutive days, September 10th — September 18th, in preparation of the Feast of San Gennaro, Bishop, Martyr, and principal Patron of Naples and the Region of Campania, on September 19th.* Evviva San Gennaro!
San Gennaro, ora pro nobis
Novena a San Gennaro
Salve potens urbis rector,
Salve pater et protector,
Ianuari, patriae.
Tu qui fidem Iesu Christi
Confitendo, suscepisti
Lauream martyrii,
Ad agonem usque mortis
Triumphasti athleta fortis
De tormentis asperis.
Caput Christo iam sacratum,
Flore aeterno coronatum,
Praebuisti gladio.
Gloriosum tot portentis,
Tot praeclarum monumentis
Nomen tuum canimus.
Celebremus exultantes,
Collaudemus venerantes
Nostrae signum fidei.
Tu, nos inter, in ferventi,
Mirabiliter loquenti
Vivis adhuc sanguine.
Iure Custos qui vocaris,
Fauste tegis et tutaris
Moenia Neapolis.
Christo phialam ostendis,
Quo placato, nos defendis
Tuo patrocinio.
* Prayer courtesy of Messa Tridentina Napoli. Pictured is my makeshift shrine with second class relic (ex indumentis).
