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The main doorway of the church, located on the Epistle side, is articulated by means of a pointed flared arch with ten archivolts, joined together by means of a continuous capital. It is richly decorated on the capitals and tympanum, closely linked to the sculpture of the cloister of Pamplona Cathedral, sometimes filtered by the influence of a frieze and the painting of the chapel of the Virgen del Campanal in San Pedro de Olite. On the right-hand capital we find several scenes and figures, including Saint Peter, Eve and Adam and Paul, while the left-hand side depicts motifs of warriors and farm work, followed by episodes from the life of the Virgin linked to the infancy of Christ: the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity and the advertisementto the Shepherds. These scenes continue with the representation of the Epiphany on the tympanum, in which we can see the Magi before the Virgin and Child. To the right of this is the figure of a donor, for whom various interpretations have been given, from Charles II to Robert le Coq, bishop of Laon and Calahorra and advisor to the king, the most acceptable option being that of Louis de Beaumont, the sovereign's brother and regent of Navarre in his absence. The scene of the Last Supper on the lintel of the door completes this representation.

On the Gospel side there is another doorway, also with a pointed arch and flared with archivolts, but less ornamented than the main doorway and without a tympanum. Like this one, it has continuous capitals, with different scenes related to representations of evil, including two images of Samson with the lion.