Pula Cathedral grew from the first Christian churches built on the site in the late fourth or early fifth century. The article says it may have replaced a Roman temple to Jupiter. In the second half of the fifth century it became a three-nave basilica, with a baptistery and bishop's residence in front. A couple, Damianus and Lavrentia, paid for a floor mosaic as part of their wedding vows.
The cathedral was heavily damaged in a Venetian raid in 1242, and a sacristy was added in the fifteenth century. The article describes a Baroque bell tower, added in 1707 and built with stones from the Pula Arena, and a classicist facade built in 1712.
Bombing damaged it in the Second World War, and it was repaired by 1947. It is a co-cathedral of the Diocese of Poreč and Pula.
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