The Cathedral of Ravenna Santo Spirito stands in the vicinity of the neonian baptistery, built in the late 5th century. The Cathedral itself was built at the beginning of that of the 5th century on the initiative of the local Bishop and URSA was known as Arsenova Basilica. He was dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ. Unfortunately, from the first building to have survived only some small fragments, which are now exhibited in the Archiepiscopal Museum of Ravenna. By the beginning of the 18th century the building became unusable, and in 1733, the year it was demolished is left untouched only round the bell tower of the 10th century. On the same place of the old Cathedral began construction of a new building on the project architect worked from Rimini Gian Francesco Buonamici. Already in 1749, the year the new Cathedral of Ravenna was consecrated in honor of the Holy spirit Santo Spirito.

The current Church building is decorated with a portico with three arches, where you can see four columns remaining from the original Cathedral. Next high column stands the statue of the virgin Mary. Inside, the Cathedral has three naves, which contain numerous monuments of early Christian art – the sarcophagi, ancient pulpit, decorative panels etc. In the side chapel of the chapel can be seen in the Baroque Santa Maria del Cuore, where the icon of the virgin Mary. In one of the aforementioned sarcophagus of the 5th century lies the body of the Bishop of Ravenna Rinaldo da Concorezzo (this sarcophagus decorated with the image of Christ with the gospel in hand and images of the apostles Peter and Paul) and the other relics of the Saint Barbarian.