Camerino Cathedral
History
The present church was built in 1802–1832 based on designs by Andrea Vici and Clemente Folchi . It was erected on the site of the previous medieval Romanesque-Gothic cathedral, destroyed in the 1799 earthquake.
The sacristy still houses works such as a 13th-century painted crucifix, a 15th-century icon of the Madonna della Misericordia, and other paintings. The church once housed a large polyptych by Carlo Crivelli, which was disassembled and sold: the central panel is now in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan. One of the chapels once contained frescoes, now lost, by Andrea Sacchi.
The crypt has two 14th-century lions sculpted by Armanno da Pioraco, a bust of Cardinal Angelo Giori and his brother Prospero by followers of Bernini, and a marble 14th- or 15th-century coffin holding the relics of Saint Ansovinus (a 9th-century bishop of Camerino).
The cathedral was declared a minor basilica in 1970.
References
- ^ Turismo Marche Archived 2019-02-15 at the Wayback Machine, entry on cathedral.
- ^ Memorie storiche delle arti e degli artisti della Marca di Ancona, Volume 2, by Amico Ricci, page 240.
- ^ Tourism of March entry.