Aversa Cathedral
Aversa Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Aversa, ''Cattedrale di San Paolo'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Aversa in the province of Caserta, Campania, Italy. History It has been the seat of the Bishop of Aversa from the bishopric's foundation in 1053. The Romanesque cathedral, dedicated to Saint Paul, has a spectacular ambulatory and an octagonal dome. Francesco Solimena's ''Madonna of the Gonfalone'' is kept here; the '' Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian'' by the Quattrocento painter Angiolillo Arcuccio, now in the seminary, was here formerly. The pre-Romanesque sculpture of Saint George and the Dragon is one of the few surviving free-standing sculptures of its date. An outstanding collection of Baroque liturgical silver is kept in the treasury. Sources Italian dioceses References External links Roman Catholic cathedrals in Italy Cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a d ...
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