Narni - Concattedrale di San Giovenale

The Narni Cathedral (aka "Concattedrale di San Giovenale", "Duomo di Narni") was built from 1047 on and consecrated in 1145 by Pope Eugenius III. A smaller church had existed here since the 6th century. It had been erected over the tomb of San Giovenale, an early missionary in southern Umbria, the first bishop here and today the patron saint of Narni.

The church got damaged over the centuries by wars, earthquakes and landslides, so it had to be reconstructed and renovated a couple of times. Beneath the "modern" tiles of the nave is are "cosmatesque" mosaics. The style goes back to the Roman family Cosmati, the leading family workshop of marble craftsmen for generations.