The basilica of San Bartolomeo was built after the arrival of the relics of the saint from Lipari by the Lombard prince Sicardo.

Collapsed in 1702, Orsini, the archbishop of that time, raised the funds in 1724 for the reconstruction, entrusted to Raguzzini. With a single hall, we can see the precious wooden choir and the monument in red porphyry under the main altar with the relics of the apostle.