Anchor 1 S. Saba •

Anchor 1 ▼ Atrium Artist: Giuseppe Obici Date: 1800s • The St. Paul statue portrays him with a sword because it was the instrument through which he was beheaded. Although condemned for being Christian, Paul was entitled to this type of death because he was a Roman citizen. The inscription reads: " To the preacher of truth, the teacher of nations" • The columns in front of the facade are red Baveno granite. A head of St. Paul is carved into the top of the columns

Anchor 1 ▼ SS. Fabiano e Venanzio •

Anchor 1 ▼ Sacred Heart Chapel Artist: Unknown Date: Modern • The lunette is the Resurrection ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ First Courtyard • The painting is Quattro Coronati • The engraving on the door notes that the St. Sylvester chapel was given to the Sculptors' and Stonecutters' guild in 1570. The chapel was originally built in 1246. The church itself is connect with the five sculptor martyrs of Pannonia whose relics were brought here soon after the Quattro Coronati by Pope Leo IV around 847-855. You can enter this chapel from the second courtyard ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ St. James the Greater Date: 1715-1718 Artist: Camillo Rusconi • The statue is St. James the Greater. His symbol is a staff which refers to the pilgrimage of the Way of St. James in Spain . • All of the statues in the pillars are of the 12 apostles of Jesus (except St. Paul). These 12 pillars follow Revelation 21:14 which speak of the 12 apostles as the 12 foundations of the new Jerusalem • The dove in the pediment is the heraldic device of the Pamphili. Pope Innocent X (1644-1655), a Pamphili, renovated the nave

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ S. Cesareo de' Appia •

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Joseph in the Holy Land Chapel ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Chapel of Christ's Passion

Anchor 1 S. Gregorio VII Papa al Gelsomino •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Door of Evil and Good Artist: Luciano Minguzzi Date: 1970-1977 • The top left panel is a baptism. The top right panel is a cardinal offering Eucharist to a soldier. The middle panel is of the Second Vatican Council which took place between 1962-1965. Pope John XXIII (1958-1963) who called the council is on the left. Pope Paul VI (1963-1978) who closed the council is on the right • Of the Door of Evil and Good, this right side is on good

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ North Entrance Artist: Domenico Fontana Date: 1586 • Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590) had the portico and loggia built

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Inscription of Boniface VIII • The inscription of Boniface VIII (1294-1303) notes the promulgation of the first Holy Year in 1300. Since that beginning of the tradition, Holy Years have occurred at regular intervals as well as special occasions. The Holy Years were also later attached to the opening of the Holy Door (to the right)

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Aldobrandini Chapel Artist: Cherubino Alberti Date: 1605-1611 • The lunette is The Prophet Ezekiel

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Colonna Chapel • This chapel was originally dedicated to the Trinity in the mid-15th century by Cardinal Ubaldo Mezzacavalli and da Sigismondo Teobaldi. It was later given to the Colonna and Sciarra families and, after her canonization in 1671, rededicated to St. Rose of Lima. The Dominican Father Antonio Gonzalez, Bishop of Caracas, directed this renovation

Anchor 1 ▼ Sistine Chapel Artist: Lattanzio Mainardi, Paris Nogari, Giovanni Battista Pozzi, Giacomo Stella, Cesare Nebbia (director), Giovanni Guerra (director) Date: 1587-1589 • The cupola is of angelic hierarchies

Anchor 1 ▼ Gabrielli Chapel Artist: Giovan Battista Franco (Semolei) Date: 1550 ca. • The lunette is Sibyls ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Capranica Chapel Artist: Michelangelo Cerruti Date: 1700s • The painting over the altar is Virgin with St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Left Transept

Anchor 1 Via Paolo VI Gate • Tours for the graveyard under St. Peter's and the tomb of St. Peter are through this gate and up the road at the Sacristy and Treasury building. To make such a visit you will need advanced tickets from the Ufficio Scavi. If you show your tickets to the Swiss Guard they will let you through ▶