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Spoleto Cathedral

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252:, signed by one Solsternus (1207). He signed his work with the inscription "Doctor Solsternus, hac summus in arte modernus" (doctor Solsternus, supremely modern in his art ), calling himself an outstanding modern artist. Nothing else is known about him. He was certainly ahead of his contemporaries, because it would take half a century before the mosaics in Roman churches would surpass his style. The part of the belfry contemporary with the church reuses Roman and early medieval elements. 30: 363: 256: 243:
door with sculpted door-posts. Two pulpits are provided on each side of the porch. The upper bands are separated by rose windows and ogival arches. The most striking feature of the upper façade is the Byzantine-hieratic
332:; his feast is still celebrated there on May 15, but the chapel dedicated to him is on the outskirts of the town. The historical account suggests that his remains were stolen from Larino by the citizens of nearby 392: 533: 300:
in the Chapel of the Bishop of Eroli. Other frescoes from the 16th century are in the next chapel. The church also contains a polychrome wood statue of the Madonna (14th century) and a
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it becomes the living Primianus who fled Larino, pronouncing a curse on its citizens, an inversion to account for San Pardo's primacy in Larino's twelfth-century cathedral. (Ricci)
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The interior was significantly modified in the 17th–18th centuries, though it has kept the original
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floor of the central nave remains. Another survival is the frescoed apse with four scenes from the
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icon donated to the city by Barbarossa as a sign of peace and the frescoes by
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The façade is divided into three bands. The lower one has a fine
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Mosaic "Blessing Christ" (1207) by the Byzantine Solsternus
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Saint Primianus is one of three saints with origins in
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12th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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Affiliation
Roman Catholic
District
Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia
Roman
Ecclesiastical or organizational status
Cathedral
Spoleto
Geographic coordinates
42°44′07″N 12°44′26″E / 42.73528°N 12.74056°E / 42.73528; 12.74056
Church
Style
Romanesque
Italian
cathedral
Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia
diocese of Spoleto
Umbrian
Spoleto
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Romanesque architecture
transept
Frederick Barbarossa
Saint Primianus
architraved
mosaic

Cosmatesque
Life of the Virgin

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