Agrigento Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Agrigento, ''Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Gerlando'') is a
Roman Catholic
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cathedral
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Agrigento
Agrigento (; scn, Girgenti or ; grc, Ἀκράγας, translit=Akrágas; la, Agrigentum or ; ar, كركنت, Kirkant, or ''Jirjant'') is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy and capital of the province of Agrigento. It was one of ...
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Sicily
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, dedicated to
Saint Gerland.
Founded in the 11th century, it was consecrated in 1099 as the seat of the restored
bishop of Agrigento. The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in 2000, and the cathedral is thus now the seat of the
Archbishop of Agrigento.
Catholic Hierarchy:Agrigento
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References
External links
Sources
Di Giovanni, Giuseppe: ''Agrigento, visita al centro storico'' (nd)
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Cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Italy
Cathedrals in Sicily
Churches in the province of Agrigento
1099 establishments in Europe
11th-century establishments in Italy
Romanesque architecture in Sicily
11th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Minor basilicas in Sicily