Cathedral of Jesi
The Cathedral of Jesi or St. Septimius Cathedral ( Italian Duomo di San Settimio ) is a church in Jesi in the Italian region of Marche . The cathedral of the diocese of Jesi bears the title of a minor basilica . The baroque church with a classical facade was built in the 18th century.
history
The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Septimius, who, according to tradition, was the first bishop here in the 4th century, coming from Germania. The first evidence of the bishopric dates back to 680. On the site of earlier Roman temples, the oldest known cathedral is a Salvator Church, rebuilt at the end of the 12th century. Here under Bishop Dago in 1208 the construction of a new Septimius Cathedral with three naves in the transition style from Romanesque to Gothic began . The three-aisled church was consecrated in 1238. It was extensively renovated from 1469 under Bishop Tommaso Ghislieri and converted into a single nave in the Renaissance style . The bones of St. Septimius were discovered and recovered.
Bishop Fonseca had the building demolished and replaced by today's larger cathedral from 1735 to 1741. In 1969 the cathedral was opened by Pope Paul VI on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the remains of St. Septimius . raised to the minor basilica.
Architecture and equipment
The church, located in the central Piazza Frederico II, was designed by the Roman architect Filippo Barigioni in a contemporary Baroque style; the floor plan is a Latin cross with a single nave. The new bell tower was built between 1782 and 1784 by Jesino Francesco Matelicani based on the basilica of the Holy House in Loreto . The facade was completed at the end of the 19th century based on a design by the Roman Gaetano Morichini. Its red brick and travertine masonry is divided into two overlapping floors by a cornice supported by four smooth Corinthian pilasters. St. Marcellus and St. Septimius stand in niches to the side. The modern bronze doors were created in 2000 by Paolo Anniballi.
The nave is covered with a barrel vault with lunettes and is illuminated through rectangular windows. The five-sided apse has a hemispherical roof, this shows Christ as Pantocrator between saints, painted in 1937 by Biagio Biagetti. At the intersection with the transept rises a crossing dome , the pendentives of which were painted by Placido Lazzarini with the evangelists. The baroque high altar made of polychrome marble with the Madonna di Loreto was consecrated by Bishop Fonseca in 1741. The choir stalls were carved from walnut. In the second half of the 18th century, marble altars were erected on the side of the low transepts. The Baroque pulpit is on the left side of the nave. Six side chapels were partly built by the city's nobles and furnished with decorations, stucco and paintings. In the first chapel on the left is the valuable baptismal font made of red Verona marble from the 16th century, supported by marble lions from the 15th century. The organ was built in 1960 by Francesco Zanin e Figli.
literature
- Marcello Agostinelli: Le emergenze architettoniche della città . Biblioteca Aperta, Jesi, n.1, anno I.
- Cesare Annibaldi: Guida della città di Jesi. Jesi, 1902
- Jesi e la sua Valle, Jesi, guida artistica illustrata. Jesi, 1975
- Mario Livieri: Jesi, le Marche in una città. Jesi, 1989
- Mariano Fabio: Jesi, città e architettura dalle origini all'Ottocento . Milan, 1993, pp. 29-30; 83-84; 138-141; 183
Web links
- Website of the cathedral (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Septimius
- ↑ a b Chiesa di San Settimio Vescovo e Martire on beweb.chiesacattolica.it (Italian)
- ^ Basilica Cattedrale di S. Settimio on gcatholic.org
Coordinates: 43 ° 31 ′ 28.9 ″ N , 13 ° 14 ′ 44.5 ″ E