Mantua Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale di San Pietro apostolo; Duomo di Mantova) in

Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and '' comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Eur ...

, Lombardy, northern

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, is a

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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 denominatio ...

dedicated to

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. It is the seat of the

Bishop of Mantua The Diocese of Mantua ( la, Dioecesis Mantuana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. The diocese existed at the beginning of the 8th century, though the earliest attested bishop is Laiulfus (827). ...

History

An initial structure probably existed on the site in the Early Christian era, which was followed by a building destroyed by a fire in 894. The current church was rebuilt in 1395–1401 with the addition of side

chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...

s and a

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west front, which can still be seen in a sketch by

Domenico Morone Domenico Morone ( 1442 – 1518) was an Italian painter from Verona, painting in an early Renaissance style. Much of his work has not survived, notably his fresco cycles. He was considered by Vasari to be second only to Liberale da Verona among a ...

(preserved in the

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of Mantua). The bell tower has seven bells tuned in the scale of Bb. The organ of the cathedral was built by Hans Tugi in c. 1503. After another fire in the 16th century,

Giulio Romano Giulio Romano (, ; – 1 November 1546), is the acquired name of Giulio Pippi, who was an Italian painter and architect. He was a pupil of Raphael, and his stylistic deviations from High Renaissance classicism help define the sixteenth-cent ...

rebuilt the interior but saved the frontage, which was replaced however in 1756–61 by the current Baroque one in

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. Notable characteristics of the Renaissance structure are the cusps, decorated with rose windows on the south side, which end at the Romanesque bell tower.

Musicians

* Rossino Mantovano (fl. 1505–1511), maestro di canto at the Mantua Cathedral in 1510-1511 * Ruggier Trofeo (c. 1550-1614), organist at the Mantua Cathedral in 1576-1577 * Ippolito Baccusi (c. 1550 – 1609), mastro di cappella at the Mantua Cathedral from 1583-1591 *

Lodovico Grossi da Viadana Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (usually Lodovico Viadana, though his family name was Grossi; c. 1560 – 2 May 1627) was an Italian composer, teacher, and Franciscan friar of the Order of Friars Minor Observants. He was the first significant figur ...

(c. 1560 – 1627), mastro di cappella at the Mantua Cathedral from 1594-1596

Interior artworks

* ''The Trinity with the Virgin, Saint John and angels'' by

Antonio Maria Viani Antonio Maria Viani (born c. 1540) (also called ''Vianino'') was an Italian painter and carver of the Renaissance period. He was born in Cremona. He was a pupil of the Giulio Campi, Campi. He was court painter to Duke Vincenzo I Gonzaga, and ador ...

(fresco in apse) * ''Saint Margaret'' (1552) by

Domenico Brusasorci Domenico Riccio (also known as commonly known as Domenico Brusasorci; 1516–1567) was an Italian painter in a Mannerist style from Verona, best known for frescos. He first apprenticed with his father. Later, he has been reported to have trai ...

(canvas in Chapel of the Sacrament) * ''Saint Martin dividing his cloak with the beggar'' (1552) by

Paolo Farinati Paolo Farinati (also known as ''Farinato'' or ''Farinato degli Uberti''; c. 1524 – c. 1606) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style, active in mainly in his native Verona, but also in Mantua and Venice. He may have ancestors among Flore ...

*''Glory of Saint Joseph'' (1616) by

Niccolò Ricciolini Niccola Ricciolini (Rome 1687-Rome 1772) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born at Rome and was a pupil of Pietro da Cortona. He competed against Marcantonio Franceschini with cartoons for the mosaic decoration of the Vatican ...

*''Saint Dominic'' by Bernardino Malpizzi *''Madonna dell'Itria'' by

*''Saint Aloysius Gonzaga'' by

Ippolito Andreasi Ippolito Andreasi (1548 – 5 June 1608) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was a pupil of Giulio Romano in his hometown of Mantua. He collaborated with Teodoro Ghisi Teodoro Ghisi (1536–1601) was an Italian painter an ...

Burials

Ludovico I Gonzaga Ludovico I Gonzaga (1268 – 18 January 1360) was an Italian lord, the founder of the Gonzaga family who was the first capitano del popolo of Mantua and imperial vicar. Biography Born in Mantua, he was the son of Guido Corradi and the grandson o ...

Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua Ludovico III Gonzaga of Mantua, also spelled Lodovico (also Ludovico II; 5 June 1412 – 12 June 1478) was the marquis of Mantua, ruler of the Italy, Italian city of Mantua from 1444 to his death in 1478. Biography Ludovico was the son of Gi ...

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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Italy

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Cathedrals in Lombardy Gothic architecture in Mantua

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History

Musicians

Interior artworks

Burials

See also

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