The Cathedral Basilica of 1131 was built by King Ruggero who also is burried here. The entrance is via a flight of stairs and parvis. The parvis was built to receive those who died from the plague and colera. The three enclines are dedicated to Peter, James and John.
The Christ portrayed is crowned with two locks of hair to represent both God and Man. He wears purple and gold (the colours of divinity) and the mantle is azure (the colour of mankind. Jesus is crowned as King, he wears a stole of a Priest and holds the Book of the Gospel to reveal he is Prophet.
John 8, 12 "I am the light of the world: he who follows me will not walk in the shadows but will have the lifht of life."
The Christ portrayed is crowned with two locks of hair to represent both God and Man. He wears purple and gold (the colours of divinity) and the mantle is azure (the colour of mankind. Jesus is crowned as King, he wears a stole of a Priest and holds the Book of the Gospel to reveal he is Prophet.
John 8, 12 "I am the light of the world: he who follows me will not walk in the shadows but will have the lifht of life."
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