Patti Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Patti; Basilica cattedrale di San Bartolomeo) is a

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in Patti,

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, dedicated to

Saint Bartholomew Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو� ...

. Count Roger of Altavilla founded the Benedictine monastery of the Most Holy Savior in the 1090s; he had the church built and dedicated to St. Bartholomew the Apostle.Ttatta Go website, profile page
/ref> The central portal is in Gothic style; inside the cathedral are works of art and funeral monuments, including the sarcophagus of Queen Adelasia, wife of Count Roger and mother of

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, first king of Sicily. as well as ''Madonna and Child Enthroned between Angels'' by Antonello de Saliba and the 18th century ''The Adoration of the Shepherds''. The tympanum includes a coat of arms of the

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. After an earthquake in 1693, the cathedral had to be almost completely rebuilt.Religiana website, profile page
/ref> It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Patti.

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