Overview
- Monsignor Vincenzo De Gregorio announced at 9:13 a.m. that the relic’s contents had fully liquefied after the chapel safe was opened.
- The December 16 rite in the Cappella del Tesoro is managed by the Deputazione di San Gennaro rather than the Archdiocese.
- According to tradition the phenomenon is expected on three fixed dates each year, making today’s occurrence the year’s third.
- The relic consists of two sealed ampoules kept in a double‑locked safe, with one partly emptied historically under King Charles III of Bourbon.
- Witnesses reported the substance appeared partly liquefied before confirmation, and the congregation applauded as officials used the Church’s preferred term of prodigy.