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The
cathedral
basilica
of
Sant'Agata
virgin
and
martyr
(Basilica
Cathedrālis
S.Agathæ),
also
known
as
Gallipoli
cathedral,
is
dedicated
to
the
patron
saint
of
the
city
of
Gallipoli
and
of
the
diocese
of
the
same
name.
The
current
cathedral
church
was
elevated
to
a
minor
pontifical
basilica
in
1946
by
Pope
Pius
XII,
at
the
request
of
Bishop
Nicola
Margiotta.
With
the
Royal
Decree
of
November
21,
1940,
the
Italian
king
Vittorio
Emanuele
III
elevated
it
to
the
status
of
a
national
monument
due
to
its
historical
and
artistic
importance.
It
is
the
seat
of
an
archpriest,
of
a
chapter
of
the
canons
and
of
the
homonymous
parish.
It
is
located
in
the
center
and
at
the
highest
point
of
the
island,
a
site
probably
intended
as
a
sacred
area
since
ancient
times.
For
the
work
the
local
builders
Francesco
Bischettimi
and
Scipione
Lachibari
were
called,
who
followed
the
design
of
the
entire
factory
built
by
Giovan
Bernandino
Genuino.
Due
to
the
large
number
of
canvases
it
can
be
considered
a
real
art
gallery.
It
is
a
baroque
church
of
the
seventeenth
century,
rebuilt
to
replace
the
ancient
Romanesque
church
dedicated
to
St.
John
Chrysostom.
The
canon
of
the
cathedral
D'Elia
claimed
that
the
Basilica
dated
back
to
the
XIIth
and
therefore
had
to
have
a
Norman-Romanesque-Pugliese
style.
In
1629
the
ancient
temple
was
destroyed
and
the
first
stone
of
the
new
church
was
laid,
in
the
presence
of
the
archpriest
Michele
di
Valandia,
high
prelate
of
the
Chapter,
deputy
to
bishop
Rueda
absent.
Fundamental
was
the
donation
made
in
this
regard
by
the
doctor,
philosopher,
teacher,
scholar
of
Gallipoli
Giovanni
Giacomo
Lazzari.
An
inscription
placed
by
the
then
bishop
of
Gallipoli
Oronzo
Filomarini
(placed
today
above
the
entrance
to
the
sacristy)
explains
the
origin
of
the
Cathedral,
once
dedicated
to
St.
John
Chrysostom.
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