Cathedral · Asciano, Italy
Santa Maria di Monte Oliveto Maggiore
Santa Maria di Monte Oliveto Maggiore is the cathedral of the Territorial Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, in Asciano, Italy, dedicated to Nativity of Mary. A cathedral is the church of the bishop, where his chair, the cathedra, stands: the mother church of the diocese, where he ordains priests and blesses the holy oils each Holy Week. It is one of 213 cathedrals in Italy on CathoNav.
- Where
- Asciano, Italy
- Cathedral of
- Territorial Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore · its bishop today
- Dedicated to
- Nativity of Mary
- Founded
- 1400
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