Fabriano Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Fabriano, Cattedrale di San Venanzio) is a

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Fabriano Fabriano is a town and ''comune'' of Province of Ancona, Ancona province in the Italy, Italian region of the Marche, at Above mean sea level, above sea level. It lies in the Esino valley upstream and southwest of Jesi; and east-northeast of Foss ...

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, dedicated to San Venanzio (Saint

Venantius of Camerino Venantius of Camerino ( it, San Venanzio, also known as Saint Wigand) (died 18 May 251 or 253)San V ...

). It is the seat of the Bishop of Fabriano-Matelica.

History and description

The present church was built in the 14th century and rebuilt in 1607–1617 in a

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

restoration, including

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decoration and paintings by Gregorio Preti,

Salvator Rosa Salvator Rosa (1615 –1673) is best known today as an Italian Baroque painter, whose romanticized landscapes and history paintings, often set in dark and untamed nature, exerted considerable influence from the 17th century into the early 19th ...

Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (1589–1655) was an Italian painter and Caravaggisto. Guerrieri was born in Fossombrone. In 1606 he travelled to Rome where he studied under some notable artists including Orazio Gentileschi. Returning home in 1614 ...

Giuseppe Puglia Giuseppe Puglia (1600–1636) was an Italian painter, born in Rome. He was also known as ''Giuseppe del Bastaro''. According to Baglioni, flourished chiefly during the pontificate of Urban VIII. There are several of his works in churches at R ...

and

Orazio Gentileschi Orazio Lomi Gentileschi (1563–1639) was an Italian painter. Born in Tuscany, he began his career in Rome, painting in a Mannerist style, much of his work consisting of painting the figures within the decorative schemes of other artists. After ...

. The apse belongs to the original 14th-century cathedral as do the

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and the St Lawrence Chapel with frescoes (c. 1360) by Allegretto di Nuzio. The church has also frescoes depicting the ''Story of the True Cross'' (1415) by

Giovanni di Corraduccio Giovanni di Corraduccio, also called Giovanni Mazaforte, (active circa 1404-1437) was an Italian painter of the Gothic style, active mainly in Umbria and Marche. He was born in Foligno. Based on documents, he is thought to have worked in Assisi ...

Sources

Website of the Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica: the parish of the cathedral

Website of the Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica: history of the cathedral

www.settembreorganistico.it: the organ

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