Il Tesoro della Cattedrale is preserved inside the crypt and includes a collection of artworks dating from the Norman era to the nineteenth century. In 1781, the tombs of the Norman sovereigns were searched, and the findings formed the oldest part of the collection. Among these is the crown of the first wife of Frederick II of Swabia, Empress Constance of Aragon. There is also a mid-fifteenth-century illuminated breviary, a chalice, also from the fifteenth century, with the mark of the Guild of Goldsmiths and Silversmiths of Palermo, and a Cross reliquary dating back to the sixteenth century. From the eighteenth century is the reliquary of Saint Rosalia, in the form of a statue, and the monstrance by Salvatore Mercurio. There are also richly decorated sacred vestments and silver liturgical furnishings.
Information on the Treasure of the Cathedral of Palermo
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, SNC
90134 Palermo (Palermo)
091 607727
cattedrale@diocesipa.it
Source: MIBACT
