Church of the Assumption of Mary and St Ignatius of Loyola
Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta e Sant'Ignazio di Loyola
Molfetta Cathedral, western façade
Location
Molfetta, Bari, Apulia
Country
Italy
Denomination
Roman Catholic
History
Status
Cathedral
Dedication
Assumption of Mary & St. Ignatius of Loyola
Architecture
Style
Baroque
Groundbreaking
1610
Completed
1744
Administration
Diocese
Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi
Molfetta Cathedral, otherwise the Church of the Assumption and of Saint Ignatius Loyola (Italian: Duomo di Molfetta, Cattedrale or Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta e Sant'Ignazio di Loyola), is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Molfetta (the "new cathedral"), dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saint Ignatius Loyola. Originally a Jesuit church, it became the seat of the bishops of Molfetta in the late 18th century. Since 1986 it has been the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi.
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MolfettaCathedral, otherwise the Church of the Assumption and of Saint Ignatius Loyola (Italian: Duomo di Molfetta, Cattedrale or Chiesa di Santa Maria...
Molfetta (Italian: [molˈfetta]; Molfettese: Melfétte) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy...
The former MolfettaCathedral, now renamed church of Saint Conrad of Bavaria, is dedicated to him, and he is also the patron saint of Molfetta, although...
– and co-cathedrals. Many former cathedrals and proto-cathedrals are also included, but many more are yet to be added. Almost all cathedrals in Italy...
of vice-rector of the Pius XI Pontifical Regional Seminary of Puglia in Molfetta in 1947. On 25 October 1949, he was made prefect of philosophical studies...
the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Ruvo, it is now a co-cathedral in the Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi. The building is an important example...
to natural history. He was also appointed archpriest of the former MolfettaCathedral. During the Parthenopean Republic (1799), Giovene's friend Giuseppe...
of the diocese was to be in Molfetta, whose cathedral was to serve as the cathedral of the merged diocese. The cathedrals in Giovenazza, Terlizzi, and...
1529 Ferrante married Isabella di Capua, who brought him the fiefdoms of Molfetta and Giovinazzo and thanks to this marriage he became one of the major feudal...
April 1993) was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi from 1982 until his death from cancer in 1993...
of the diocese was to be in Molfetta, whose cathedral was to serve as the cathedral of the merged diocese. The cathedrals in Giovenazza, Terlizzi, and...
Adriatic seashore between the municipalities of Trani to the north and Molfetta to the south. The mainly flat land gradually slopes toward the sea along...
Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020. "Molfetta". Heraldry of the World. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved...
Cappelletti, p. 660. Eubel I, pp. 328, 409. Simon had previously been Bishop of Molfetta (1386–1401). He was appointed Bishop of Pozzuoli on 26 March 1401, by Pope...
December 1494. On 7 Jun 1508 Bishop Alessio Zelodano was appointed Bishop of Molfetta by Pope Julius II. Ughelli, pp. 105-106. Cappelletti, p. 330. Eubel II...
first editions of the fair in the Middle Ages. Lenten celebrations in Molfetta begin with the procession of the Cross on Ash Wednesday, the day after...
of Valenzano [it], San Francesco at Trani [it], and the Cathedral of San Corrado at Molfetta [it] were built in the 11th to 13th centuries with pendentive...
un'agenda per Papa Francesco [Dissent Stifled: an agenda for Pope Francis]. Molfetta: La Meridiana. ISBN 978-8861533240. Colonna, Marcantonio (2018). The Dictator...
anchovies, shrimp and squid. Other significant fishing ports are Manfredonia, Molfetta, Mola di Bari, Monopoli, Gallipoli and Castro. Today Taranto is the world's...
the archdiocesan cathedral; he was later appointed as a rector. Pope Benedict XV later named Jacono in 1918 as the Bishop of Molfetta; he received his...
Restoration (London: Burns & Oates 1980), pp. 126-127. Giovene was Archpriest of Molfetta. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 261, note 5. Bruno Pellegrino...