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In 1996 we had requested for the dossier on double churches an up-to-date statement on the cathedral of Naples by J. Desmulliez, who was then preparing a thesis on Christian Campania. She here provides an account of research questions based both on locally published reports, notably those by R. Di Stefano and N. Ciavolino following recent excavations which have modified accepted theories, and on syntheses by R. Farioli andL. Pani Ermini, as presented in her thesis. The episcopal group consists of a Constantinian basilica mentioned in the Roman Liber Pontificalis and in Neopolitan tradition, but the Gesta of the bishops of Naples assigns it to a bishop of the 2nd half of the 4th century. It is the nucleus of the present cathedral at the south-west of the insula, dedicated to Sancta Restituta after the transfer of this saint's relics to Naples via Ischia. The S. Giovanni in Fonte baptistery is also attributed to Constantine in the saint's life but the Gesta notes it as a construction of
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In 1996 we had requested for the dossier on double churches an up-to-date statement on the cathedral of Naples by J. Desmulliez, who was then preparing a thesis on Christian Campania. She here provides an account of research questions based both on locally published reports, notably those by R. Di Stefano and N. Ciavolino following recent excavations which have modified accepted theories, and on syntheses by R. Farioli andL. Pani Ermini, as presented in her thesis. The episcopal group consists of a Constantinian basilica mentioned in the Roman Liber Pontificalis and in Neopolitan tradition, but the Gesta of the bishops of Naples assigns it to a bishop of the 2nd half of the 4th century. It is the nucleus of the present cathedral at the south-west of the insula, dedicated to Sancta Restituta after the transfer of this saint's relics to Naples via Ischia. The S. Giovanni in Fonte baptistery is also attributed to Constantine in the saint's life but the Gesta notes it as a construction of
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