Many cathedrals were entrusted to canons regular, while others were built with the plan of being entrusted to a conventual order. This is what happened in Cefalù with the Augustinians or in Monreale with the Benedictines. Both buildings, in fact, have a cloister in addition to the convent.![](https://www.smarteducationunescosicilia.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/215-appr-storia-monastero-cattedrale.jpg)