{{Short description|Cathedral in Aversa, Italy}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2016}} {{expand Italian|topic=struct|Cattedrale di San Paolo (Aversa)|date=July 2012}} thumb|upright|Aversa Cathedral '''Aversa Cathedral''' ({{langx|it|Duomo di Aversa}}, ''Cattedrale di San Paolo'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Aversa in the province of Caserta, Campania, Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gcatholic.org/churches/italy/2334.htm|title=Cattedrale di S. Paolo Apostolo, Aversa, Caserta, Italy|website=www.gcatholic.org|access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
==History== It has been the seat of the Bishop of Aversa from the bishopric's foundation in 1053, under the Norman rule.
The Romanesque cathedral, dedicated to Saint Paul, has a spectacular ambulatory and an octagonal dome. Francesco Solimena's ''Madonna of the Gonfalone'' is kept here; the ''Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian'' by the Quattrocento painter Angiolillo Arcuccio, now in the seminary, was here formerly. The pre-Romanesque sculpture of Saint George and the Dragon is one of the few surviving free-standing sculptures of its date. An outstanding collection of Baroque liturgical silver is kept in the treasury.
==Sources== * [https://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/IT-type.htm#dioc Italian dioceses] * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/daver.html Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Aversa] * [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02151a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Diocese of Aversa]
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Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals in Italy Cathedral Category:Cathedrals in Campania Category:Churches in the province of Caserta Category:Buildings and structures in the Province of Caserta
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