L'Aquila Cathedral ( it, Duomo dell'Aquila; Cattedrale metropolitana dei Santi Massimo e Giorgio) is a Roman Catholic

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominat ...

in L'Aquila,

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, Italy, dedicated to Saint

Maximus of Aveia Saint Maximus of Aveia (d. ca. 250 AD) (sometimes also known as ''Saint Maximus of Aquila'') is one of the patron saints of L'Aquila, Italy. He was born in Aveia, nowadays known as Fossa. A deacon, he was martyred for his faith. The tradition ...

and Saint George. It is the episcopal seat of the

Archdiocese of L'Aquila The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of L'Aquila ( la, Archidioecesis Aquilanus) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy.earthquake of 1703. It was restored in the 19th century and further restored in the 20th.''Abruzzo'', Touring Club Italiano 2015, p.93 It was seriously damaged in the earthquake of 2009, and is presently unusable (2015). From August 2013 the functions of the cathedral were temporarily transferred to the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio, itself also damaged in the earthquake and now closed to worship for rebuilding works; and later transferred again to the Basilica of San Giuseppe Artigiano, not far from the cathedral, rebuilt and reopened after the earthquake of July 2012. As at April 2015 work on the cathedral had not yet started; it seems that they may begin in September 2015.

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*''Abruzzo''. Guide Verdi. Touring Club Italiano, 2015. Buildings and structures in L'Aquila L'Aquila L'Aquila Neoclassical architecture in Abruzzo Neoclassical church buildings in Italy {{Italy-RC-cathedral-stub