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Messina Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Messina; Basilica Cathedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Messina, Sicily. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Messina, it became in 1986 the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.

In June 1947 Pope Pius XII granted it the status of a minor basilica.

Built by the Normans, it was consecrated in 1197 by the Archbishop Berardo. Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor and Constance I of Sicily were present to witness the ceremony. The current building is the final result of some twentieth-century reconstructions, which took place following the disastrous earthquake that struck Messina in 1908 and the considerable damage that resulted from the heavy aerial bombardment in World War II.^[1]

Only the perimeter walls, the Gothic portal and an apse remained standing after the catastrophic earthquake which also destroyed surrounding edifices in Piazza Duomo. In 1943 incendiary bombs fell on the restored roof destroying much of its interior. Only an original mosaic and statue survived.

The tower houses the Messina astronomical clock, the largest astronomical clock in the world.

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^ Giovanni Bonanno. Cattedrali di Sicilia. M. Grispo, 2000.

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Actors	Adolfo Celi Tano Cimarosa Maria Grazia Cucinotta Nino Frassica Massimo Mollica
Artists and designers	Girolamo Alibrandi Anna Maria Arduino Antonio Barbalonga Francesco Comande Antonello da Messina Giuseppe Migneco Giovanni Quagliata Filippo Juvarra Mariano Riccio Alonzo Rodriguez Giovanni Tuccari
Politicians, civil service, military	Giuseppe La Farina Gaetano Martino Giuseppe Natoli Luigi Rizzo
Musicians, composers	Lucia Aliberti Mario Aspa Filippo Bonaffino Gens
Religion	Eustochia Smeralda Calafato Annibale Maria Di Francia
Sports	Silvia Bosurgi Tony Cairoli Vincenzo Nibali Valerio Vermiglio
Researchers, academics	Aristocles of Messene Dicaearchus Caio Domenico Gallo Francesco Maurolico Agostino Scilla Giuseppe Seguenza Giuseppe Sergi

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v t e Cathedrals in Sicily
Province of Agrigento	Agrigento Piazza Armerina Caltanissetta
Province of Catania	Catania Acireale Caltagirone
Province of Messina	Messina Lipari¹ Santa Lucia del Mela¹ Nicosia Patti
Province of Palermo	Palermo Cefalù Monreale
Province of Siracusa	Siracusa Noto Ragusa
Province of Trapani	Trapani Mazara del Vallo
Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi	Piana degli Albanesi Martorana¹
¹ co-cathedral