Camerino Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Camerino, ''Cattedrale di Santa Maria Annunziata'') is a Neoclassical

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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 ...

and

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, dedicated to the

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, in

Camerino Camerino is a town in the province of Macerata, Marche, central-eastern Italy. It is located in the Apennines bordering Umbria, between the valleys of the rivers Potenza and Chienti, about from Ancona. Camerino is home to the University of Cam ...

, Region of

Marche Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...

, Italy. Since 1987 it has been the seat of the Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, having been the seat of the Archbishops of Camerino from 1787 and previously that of the Bishops of Camerino.

History

The present church was built in 1802-1832 based on designs by Andrea Vici and Clemente Folchi. It was erected on the site of the previous medieval Romanesque-

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cathedral, destroyed in the 1799 earthquake. The sacristy still houses works such as a 13th-century painted crucifix, a 15th-century icon of the ''Madonna della Misericordia'', and other paintings. The church once housed a large polyptych by

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, which was disassembled and sold: the central panel is now in the

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in Milan. One of the chapels once contained frescoes, now lost, by

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. The crypt has two 14th-century lions sculpted by Armanno da Pioraco, a bust of Cardinal

Angelo Giori Angelo Giori (11 May 1586, Capodacqua - 8 August 1662, Rome) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal. Early life Giori was born 11 May 1586 in Capodacqua, the son of Giovanni Francesco Giori and Polidora Polini. He began his studies at the Grammatica a ...

and his brother Prospero by followers of Bernini, and a marble 14th- or 15th-century coffin holding the relics of

Saint Ansovinus Saint Ansovinus ( it, Sant'Ansovino) (d. 816) was a bishop of Camerino, and is the patron saint of agriculture. His feast day is March 13. Life He was educated at the cathedral school of Pavia. After ordination to the priesthood, he became a he ...

(a 9th-century bishop of Camerino). The cathedral was declared a minor basilica in 1970.Tourism of March entry.

References

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