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'''Avellino Cathedral''' ({{lang-langx|it|Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta e di San Modestino}}, ''Cattedrale di Avellino'') is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[cathedral]] dedicated to the [[Assumption of the Virgin Mary]] and [[Saint Modestinus]] in [[Avellino]], [[Campania]], Italy. It is the seat of the [[bishops of Avellino]].
 
== History ==
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=== Exterior ===
The classical façade in white and grey marble, following 16th-century conventions, is divided into two levels by a cornice. In the lower level, divided into five areasbays by four columns, are three entrance portals: two stone panels record the vicissitudes of the central doorway, built by Bishop Roberto in 1133 and subsequently enlarged by Bishop Guglielmo in 1167. The bronze doors are carvedcast in relief with scenes from the religious and civil history of Avellino. In the [[lunette]] above the central doorway is a [[bas relief]] of the [[Last Supper]]. In two niches to either side of the same doorway are statues of Saint Modestinus, patron saint of the city, and of Saint [[William of Vercelli]], founder of the monastery of the [[Sanctuary of Montevergine]] and patron saint of [[Irpinia]]. A third stone plaque records the construction of the new façade in the 19th century.
 
The Baroque access stairway and the arrangement of the piazza in front of the cathedral are the work of Bishop Martinez at the end of the 17th century.
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On the walls, below the cornice, are two paintings by Achille Iovine showing the [[Holy Family]], to the left, and Saint [[Lawrence the Martyr]] to the right; there are in addition four niches containing [[gesso]] statues of the [[Four Evangelists]]. Above the cornice are five paintings by Angelo Michele Ricciardi of saints: Saint [[Francis Xavier]], Saint [[Charles Borromeo]], Saint [[Andrea Avellino]], Saint Modestinus and Saint [[Gaetano Thiene]].
 
Off the transept are two chapels alongside the presbytery. To the north is the Chapel of Saint Modestinus, otherwise known as the Chapel of the Treasure of Saint Modestinus ({{lang-langx|it|Cappella del tresoro di san Modestino}}), as it preserves in precious caskets the relics of the patron saint of the diocese and a silver bust of him. This is the most important chapel in the cathedral.
 
To the south is the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, so called because it contains a bas relief of the [[Trinity]] of the mid-16th century.
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