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Palestrina Cathedral (Duomo di Palestrina; Cattedrale di Sant'Agapito martire) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Palestrina, in the region of Lazio, Italy.[1]

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  1. 20 relations: Agapitus of Palestrina, Ancient Rome, Carlo Saraceni, Cathedral, Catholic Church, Chancel, Colonna family, Domenico Bruschi, Girolamo Basso della Rovere, Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta, Jupiter (god), Lazio, Marcantonio Colonna, Michelangelo, Palestrina, Pope Paschal II, Pope Sixtus V, Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina, Romanesque architecture, Tarquinia.

  2. Cathedrals in Lazio
  3. Churches in the metropolitan city of Rome

Agapitus of Palestrina

Agapitus (Agapito) is venerated as a martyr saint, who died on August 18, perhaps in 274, a date that the latest editions of the Roman Martyrology say is uncertain.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Carlo Saraceni

Carlo Saraceni (1579 – 16 June 1620) was an Italian early-Baroque painter, whose reputation as a "first-class painter of the second rank" was improved with the publication of a modern monograph in 1968.

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Cathedral

A cathedral is a church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Chancel

In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building.

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Colonna family

The House of Colonna, also known as Sciarrillo or Sciarra, is an Italian noble family, forming part of the papal nobility.

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Domenico Bruschi

Domenico Bruschi (13 June 1840 – 19 October 1910) was an Italian painter and educator.

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Girolamo Basso della Rovere

Girolamo Basso della Rovere (1434–1507) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta

Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta (1521 – c. 1580) began his career as an Italian Mannerist painter but later adopted the reformist naturalism of Girolamo Muziano in the 1560s and 70s.

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Jupiter (god)

Jupiter (Iūpiter or Iuppiter, from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father" Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), also known as Jove (gen. Iovis), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion and mythology.

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Lazio

Lazio or Latium (from the original Latin name) is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy.

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Marcantonio Colonna

Marcantonio II Colonna (sometimes spelled Marc'Antonio; 1535 – August 1, 1584), Duke of Tagliacozzo and Duke and Prince of Paliano, was a Roman aristocrat who served as Viceroy of Sicily in the service of the Spanish Crown, general of the Spanish forces, and Captain General of the Church.

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Michelangelo

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.

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Palestrina

Palestrina (ancient Praeneste; Πραίνεστος, Prainestos) is a modern Italian city and comune (municipality) with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about east of Rome.

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Pope Paschal II

Pope Paschal II (Paschalis II; 1050 1055 – 21 January 1118), born Ranierius, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 August 1099 to his death in 1118.

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Pope Sixtus V

Pope Sixtus V (Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death, in August 1590.

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Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina

The Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina (Diocesis Praenestina) is a Latin suburbicarian diocese centered on the comune of Palestrina in Italy.

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Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Tarquinia

Tarquinia, formerly Corneto, is an old city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Central Italy, known chiefly for its ancient Etruscan tombs in the widespread necropoleis, or cemeteries, for which it was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status.

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See also

Cathedrals in Lazio

Churches in the metropolitan city of Rome

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestrina_Cathedral

Also known as Sant'Agapito Martire, Palestrina.