The first cathedral dates from after 313 and was destroyed by an earthquake on January 3, 1117. A Romanesque replacement was consecrated in 1180. Bishop Peter Barozzi began the modernization, and work on the present church started in 1551, though the article also says a first stone was blessed in 1522. The presbytery opened on April 14, 1582, and the church was consecrated on August 25, 1754.
The article calls the Michelangelo attribution outdated, crediting Andrea della Valle and Agostino Righetto, yet it also says the chapter approved a Michelangelo model in 1551. The plan is a Latin cross with a domed crossing, and the dome is lead-covered. The facade was left unfinished, and a World War I bomb hit its upper part.
It is the seat of the Bishop of Padua and a minor basilica. The article gives no overall dimensions or opening hours.
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