Ravenna Cathedral

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Ravenna Cathedral or Metropolitan Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ ({{langx|it|Cattedrale metropolitana della Risurrezione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo; Duomo di Ravenna}}) is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ in the city of Ravenna, Italy. Formerly the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Ravenna, it is now the seat of the archbishops of Ravenna-Cervia.{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/italy/0854.htm |title=Cattedrale di Risurrezione di N.S. Gesù Cristo, Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy |website=Gcatholic.org |date=2016-07-15 |accessdate=2016-07-27}}

It was granted the status of a minor basilica by Pope John XXIII on 7 October 1960.{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/data/basITX.htm |title=Basilicas in Italy, Vatican City State, San Marino |website=Gcatholic.org |date= |accessdate=2016-07-27}} It is the seat of the parish of San Giovanni in Fonte belonging to the Urban Vicariate of the archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.{{cite web|url=http://www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_dioc_new/bd_dioc_annuario_css.singolo_ente?p_pagina=27951&id_dioc=220&id_en=1&colore1=&colore2=&layout=0&rifi=&rifp=&vis=1 |title=Arcidiocesi di Ravenna-Cervia - Vicariato Urbano |website=Webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it |date= |accessdate=2016-07-27}}

History

The original cathedral was built during the early 5th century by the bishop Ursus of Ravenna and was originally called the Basilica Ursiana.{{Cite book |last1=Agnellus of Ravenna |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt284wdr |title=The Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna (Medieval Texts in Translation) |last2=Deliyannis |first2=Deborah Mauskopf |date=2004 |publisher=Catholic University of America Press |isbn=978-0-8132-1358-3 |pages=118–120|jstor=j.ctt284wdr }}

During the Battle of Ravenna in April 1512, the basilica was sacked. In the 18th century, it was rebuilt in the Baroque style.{{Cite book |last=Hutton |first=Edward |title=Ravenna: A Study |date=1913 |publisher=E. P. Dutton |isbn=978-1-4142-3287-4 |location=New York |pages=164 |language=en |author-link=Edward Hutton (writer)}} The cathedral houses the sarcophagi of Maximianus of Ravenna, Exuperantius of Ravenna, and Barbatianus of Ravenna and once housed the Throne of Maximian.{{Cite book |last=Baedeker |first=Karl |title=Italy: Handbook for Travellers |date=1882 |publisher=Baedeker |pages=325–326 |language=en |author-link=Karl Baedeker}}

On the top of the belltower there are four bells in chord of D minor.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

References

Category:Roman Catholic churches in Ravenna

Category:18th-century churches in Italy

Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals in Italy

Category:Basilica churches in Ravenna

Category:Cathedrals in Emilia-Romagna