Cathedral of Santo Spirito Ravenna is in the vicinity of the Orthodox Baptistery, built in the late 5th century. The cathedral itself was built at the beginning of the 5th century on the initiative of the local bishop Ursa and was known as Ursianova basil. It was dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ. Unfortunately, one of the first buildings have survived only a few small fragments, which are now exhibited at the Archdiocese Museum of Ravenna. By the early 18th-century building of the cathedral came to complete uselessness, and in 1733, the year it was demolished - leaving intact only the round bell tower of the 10th century. In place of the old cathedral began construction of the new - was working on his project architect 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. Near a high column is a statue of the Virgin Mary. Inside the cathedral has three naves, which are stored in numerous monuments of early Christian art - sarcophagi, ancient pulpit, decorative panels, etc. In the right aisle is a chapel in the baroque Santa Maria del Suor where the icon of the Virgin Mary. In one of the above sarcophagi 5th century lies the body of the bishop of Ravenna Rinaldo da Konkorredzho (the sarcophagus decorated with the image of Christ with the Gospel in his hand, and the images of the apostles Peter and Paul), and the other - the relics of St. Barbatiana.