Corfinio Cathedral

Corfinio Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Corfinio; Basilica chiesa di San Pelino) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Corfinio, Abruzzo, Italy, dedicated to Saint Pelinus. It was formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Valva (Valva was a former name of Corfinio) and is now a co-cathedral in the Diocese of Sulmona-Valva.^[1][2][3][4]

Corfinio Cathedral Chiesa di San Pelino
View of the cathedral
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Province	Diocese of Sulmona-Valva
Region	Abruzzo
Rite	Latin Rite
Location
Location	Corfinio
State	Italy
Architecture
Type	Church
Style	Romanesque
Groundbreaking	1075
Completed	1124

The basilica was erected putatively on the site of the martyrdom of St Pelinus in the 7th century. The complex at the site includes the Romanesque-style Basilica initially built in 1235, but reconstructed over the centuries due to earthquake damage. In the 19th-century, a refurbishment stripped Baroque decoration and led to the bare stone interiors of the apse. The semicircular apse retains some 13th-century frescoes. Attached to the church is the Oratory of Sant'Alessandro, frescoed in the 14th-century, and putatively holding the burial site of pope Alexander I (109-119).^[5]