Bari Cathedral

Bari Cathedral
Cattedrale di San Sabino
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Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
DistrictArchdiocese of Bari-Bitonto
RiteRoman
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusCathedral
Year consecrated1292
Location
LocationBari, Italy
Geographic coordinates41°07′43″N 16°52′08″E / 41.128532°N 16.868943°E / 41.128532; 16.868943
Architecture
TypeChurch
StyleRomanesque
Completed1292

Bari Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Sabinus, (Italian: Duomo di Bari or Cattedrale di San Sabino) is the cathedral of Bari, in Apulia, southern Italy. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, as it was previously of the archbishops, earlier bishops, of Bari. It is dedicated to Saint Sabinus, a bishop of Canosa, whose relics were brought here in the 9th century. It is senior to, though less famous than, Apulia's Basilica of St Nicholas.[1]

The present building was constructed between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, mostly in the last thirty years of the 12th century, and was built on the site of the ruins of the Imperial Byzantine cathedral destroyed in 1156 by William I of Sicily known as the Wicked (il Malo); to the right of the transept it is still possible to observe traces of the original pavement which extends under the nave.

  1. ^ The cathedral was previously also dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary