• The inscription above the arches notes the completion of the doorways was in the fourteenth year of the reign of Pope Paul V (1605-1621). Thus 1619. The portico itself had been completed in 1612

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• Under the central three arches of the entryway can be seen lists with the names of clergy that were present for the declaration of Mary's Assumption into Heaven by Pope Pius XII (1939-1958) on November 1, 1950