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Caltanissetta Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale di Caltanissetta; Chiesa di Santa Maria la Nova) is the
Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Caltanissetta
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1622 Roman Catholic cathedrals in Italy Cathedrals in Sicily 1622 establishments in Italy 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy {{Italy-RC-cathedral-stub
Caltanissetta Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale di Caltanissetta; Chiesa di Santa Maria la Nova) is the 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 denominations ...
of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Caltanissetta
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Caltanissetta ( la, Dioecesis Calatanisiadensis) is in Sicily, It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Agrigento.
History
Caltanissetta once belonged to the diocese of Girgenti, but was created an episcopal see b ...
. It is located in Caltanissetta
Caltanissetta (; scn, Nissa or ) is a ''comune'' in the central interior of Sicily, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Caltanissetta. Its inhabitants are called ''Nisseni''.
In 2017, the city had a population of 62,797. It is the 14th ...
, Sicily
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, Italy.
Its construction began in 1570 and ended in 1622.Calogero Scarlata, Salvatore Farina. ''S. Maria la Nova: la cattedrale di Caltanissetta''. Edizioni Lussografica, 1997 Between 1718 and 1720 the Flemish painter Guglielmo Borremans, together with his son Luigi, frescoed the vault and the nave, and painted the greater altarpiece, depicting the Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception.
It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely revealed truth w ...
.
See also
*Catholic Church in Italy
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References
External links
Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Caltanissetta
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1622 Roman Catholic cathedrals in Italy Cathedrals in Sicily 1622 establishments in Italy 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy {{Italy-RC-cathedral-stub