Verona Cathedral, Romanesque cathedral in Verona, Italy.

Verona Cathedral, officially Santa Maria Matricolare, has a facade of alternating pale stone and brick bands, with a tall central gable, a round window and a deep arched portal under a projecting porch carved by Nicholaus. A square stone bell tower with clock faces and an open belfry rises beside the river. Inside, pointed arches on reddish-brown brick columns with pale stone capitals support plaster vaults crossed by metal tie rods, and a raised stone altar platform stands beneath a painted apse.

A first cathedral dedicated to Santa Maria Matricolare was begun under Bishop Annone around 800 and completed by Bishop Ratoldo. After the 1117 earthquake, the Romanesque rebuilding started in 1120 and the cathedral was consecrated on 13 September 1187. In the 15th century the nave was raised, bundle pillars with pointed arches replaced the colonnades, and side chapels were opened.

The name Santa Maria Matricolare comes from the early Christian church on this site. The Chapter Library, founded by 517 according to the scribe Ursicinus's signature, is claimed to be the world's oldest continuously functioning library. It preserves the only surviving corpus of Catullus and the Leonine Sacramentary, the oldest liturgical book of the Roman Rite.

The cathedral stands in Verona's historic centre, a short walk from the Adige and near the Ponte Pietra. The main portal faces the paved church square; the bell tower, begun by Michele Sanmicheli in the 16th century, rises beside it. The interior is entered from the square, and the side chapels open between the columns of the nave.

The Chapter Library attached to the cathedral is described as the world's oldest library in continuous function, its founding dated by a scribe's signature from the consulship of Agapitus in 517. It preserved the only surviving corpus of Catullus and Cicero's letters to Atticus, rediscovered by Petrarch.