• This courtyard was originally part of the interior of Pope Leo IV's (847-855) church. After damage in the sack of Rome by the Normans (1084), Pope Paschal II (1099-1118) reconstructed it as a smaller church in 1111

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• The entrance to the second courtyard is the location of the original entrance to Pope Leo IV's church

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• The decorations in the portico and the 5 pillars in the right wall were part of Pope Leo IV's church

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