Talk:Duomo

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The article as I found it was not very well written, containing erroneous material

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 * the popular etymology of "Duomo" as having something to do with a dome;
 * the notion that the Duomo has something to do with a basilica -- these two are mutually exclusive by the way since the ancient basilica was not domed --;
 * the definition of a basilica as the principal church of a town;
 * the notion that "duomo" has no plural in Italian)

and gave the impression that there is a common "type" to churches called Duomo.

In addition, some of the material I deleted was germane to "cathedral" or "basilica", but not to "Duomo".

Duomo is really just a casual word for an Italian cathedral; I don't think it merits more than the baldest separate entry, although the entry could be used to assemble items belonging to the category of Cathedrals in Italy.

Bill 16:06, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I think I've read that "domus" would, in this context (Ge. Domkirche, Sw. domkyrka) mean "home", the church being the home church of a bishop. --81.197.12.28 16:18, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Dome
So it is not the origin of the

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Duomo
While English-Italian dictionaries define "Duomo" as either a cathedral or dome, my understanding (and this is from someone who lived in Naples for four years) is that the duomo refers to the main church in a city/town. In other words, a city/town will have only one Duomo (or main) church. Notwithstanding the various English-Italian dictionaries, a duomo does not have to be a cathedral; its just the main church in the city/town and could be of any size and not necessary the largest. L.J. Brooks 17:22, 04 Sep 2006 (UTC)
 * That's not been my experience. Johnbod 23:56, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, L.J. Brooks is exactly right. "Duomo" is not simply another term for "cathedral". 93.32.152.31 (talk) 00:07, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

plaudit
wow. this helped me alot with my homework: thanks wikipedia :):)

- anon added to article Johnbod 18:48, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

typical misconception
Beware!!!! St. Peter's Basilica is not, repeat not, the duomo of Rome!!!! Rome's cathedral is St. John Lateran. --Attilios 23:35, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * There isn't any church commonly refferred to as "duomo" in Rome though.--89.97.35.70 (talk) 23:50, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Etymology of 'duomo' still incorrect
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word duomo derives from the Latin word "domus", meaning house, as a cathedral is the "house of God", or domus Dei.

I'm afraid that this passage is incorrect. 'Domus' does indeed mean 'house' in Latin, but the word makes reference to a certain type of house, i.e. the stately house or manor of a lord as opposed to the huts of the peasants, 'casa' (cfr. the modern Italian word for house). The association of the word 'domus' with a city's cathedral goes back to Late Antiquity when, as the Roman Empire dissolved, the lords of the cities came to coincide with the cities' bishops. Therefore, the cathedral of the city, i.e. the seat of the bishop, came to be the 'domus' par excellence because it was also the house of the local lord. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.203.136.85 (talk) 13:52, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

The Oxford dictionary definition is exactly the same as that provided by Treccani: "lat. dŏmus «casa», sottint. Dei «di Dio» o ecclesiae «della chiesa»". Unless you've got a better source, the definition stands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by METRANGOLO1 (talk • contribs) 11:47, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

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