Don Antonio Pisani , Director of the Office of Cultural Heritage of the Diocese, thanked Monsignor Bellandi who strongly wanted the restoration of the door to be carried out: "The Bishop is the door through which one enters the great mystery of the Church". The nineteenth-century door, which had been closed for years, was restored by the "Vassallo Restoration Center" of Montecorvino Rovella, under the high supervision of the Superintendency of Salerno as Alessio and Antonio Vassallo explained: "In compliance with the "Restoration Charter" we tried to restore the door to its original state: the wood was completely degraded. We did both structural and patina work, to be able to nourish the wood and restore it to its original essence".
The inauguration of the restored door was also attended by Don Michele Pecoraro , parish priest of the Cathedral, who recalled that: "The door of a church represents the entrance into the heart of God". Among those present were the Vicar General Don Alfonso Raimo ; Don Pietro Rescigno , parish priest of the Church of San Domenico; the Vice President of the Copernico Foundation, the lawyer Nicola Scarpa ; the Advisor of the Policy, Dr. Emanuela Spalice Caggiano : the lawyer Antonio Larocca , the lawyer Lucia Siniscalco and Dr. Fabrizio Moscati. "I am the door of the sheep, whoever enters through me will be saved". The door that is a sign of Christ, is always a sign of encounters, of relationships". With these words, the Bishop of Salerno, Monsignor Andrea Bellandi, wanted to underline the importance of the restoration carried out on the large wooden door of the Cathedral through which, exiting the portico, one arrives directly on Via Roberto il Guiscardo, where the “Curia Arcivescovile della Diocesi di Salerno” has its headquarters. The Archbishop, Monsignor Bellandi, entered through that door and blessed it, both from the inside and the outside, before expressing a word of prayer. The door has finally been returned to the city and in particular to the parish community of the Cathedral of Salerno.
