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Coordinates : 44°47′06″N 10°53′11″E / 44.78496°N 10.88626°E / 44.78496; 10.88626 West front of the cathedral Carpi Cathedral ( Italian : Duomo di Carpi; Basilica cattedrale di S...

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Coordinates: 44°47′06″N10°53′11″E / 44.78496°N 10.88626°E / 44.78496; 10.88626
West front of the cathedral

Carpi Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Carpi; Basilica cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholiccathedral in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Carpi. It stands on the site of a mediaeval pieve dedicated to Mary.

History

The original church was built by King Aistulf in 756.[1] Construction on the present building began around 1514,[2] predating the establishment of the diocese here in 1779 by over 250 years. The church was designed by Baldassare Peruzzi under his patron Alberto III Pio, Count of Carpi.[3]

With the creation of the diocese in 1779, the cathedral was assigned a Chapter, which was to consist of four dignities (the Archpriest, the Archdeacon, the Provost, and the Dean) and seventeen Canons.[4] The first bishop was Francesco Benincasa.

The cathedral has a Baroque facade and a Latin cross floorplan.

It was granted the status of a minor basilica in 1979, on the occasion of the bicentenary of the establishment of the diocese.[5]

The building was seriously damaged during the earthquakes that struck in 2012. After restoration work it was reopened for worship on 25 March 2017 with a solemn ceremony led by Cardinal Pietro Parolin.[6] The restoration included in the installation of a new lighting system.[3]

References

  1. ↑"Carpi." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908
  2. ↑"Cattedrale dell'Assunta", Visit Modena
  3. 12"A new lighting system for Carpi Cathedral", iGuzzini North America
  4. ↑Pope Pius VI, Inter plurimas § 3
  5. ↑GCatholic.org: Basilicas in Italy
  6. ↑"Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral", Cooperativa Muratori e Braccianti di Carpi

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