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Anchor 1 ▼ Tomb of Gregory XVI Artist: Luigi Amici Date: 1854 • The relief notes the promotion of Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846) for Catholic missions. The figures showing reverence represent different nations coming to belief ▲

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Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Left Transept

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ ▶ Pope St. Urban I Painting • The wall painting is of Pope St. Urban I

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Andrew the Apostle Artist: Agostino Ciampelli • The pendentives are various bishop martyrs • The lunette is the martyrdom of St. Catherine of Alexander ▲ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Sisto Vecchio •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Leo the Great

Anchor 1 ▼ Right Transept Artist: Paris Nogari Date: Late 1500s • On the lower right is Constantine's Legionnaires Search for Pope Sylvester. All of the lower frescoes in both transepts tell the history of St. John Lateran and Constantine. The story begins on the left side of the left transept and moves around to the left Artist: Cristoforo Roncalli Date: Late 1500s • At the lower left is Constantine's Baptism ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Ananias and Sapphria

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ ▶ St. Agatha Altar Artist: Anonymous • The painting is of the martyrdom of St. Agatha

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Anchor 1 St. Benedict Chapel Artist: Luigi Poletti Date: 1800s • After the fire, this chapel was redesigned by Poletti to recall the cella of a Greco-Roman temple. The grey columns are ancient columns from Veio. In the original basilica, this space was the entrance passage from the Via Ostiense ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Nave • The coat of arms in the upper center is of Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605) who assisted in the 1593 nave renovations • The coat of arms at left is of Cardinal Domenico Pinelli (1611 d.) who also assisted with the 1593 nave renovations • The coat of arms at lower center is Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) who had Fuga renovate the church for the 1750 Holy Year • The coat of arms on the right is Cardinal Girolamo Colonna (1708-1763) who was archpriest here during Pope Benedict XIV's renovations ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▶ Oratorio di S. Giovanni in Oleo •

Anchor 1 Capranica Chapel Artist: Giovanni de' Vecchi Date: 1586 • The painting is Stories in the Life of St. Catherine of Siena ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Gregorian Room • There are also many fragments from the basilica before the fire

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ First Courtyard Original church: 311-314 by Pope Melchiades or late 400s Rebuilt church: 847-855 by Pope Leo IV Rebuilt smaller church: 1111 by Pope Paschal II Given to Augustinian nuns: 1560 by Pope Pius IV Apse renovations: 1621-1623 by Giovanni da San Giovanni for Cardinal Giovanni Mellini Restoration: 1912-1914 by Antonio Munoz • It is unclear if the church was constructed in the 4th or 5th century but what is clear is that it was soon well known as SS. Quattro Coronati (Four Crowned Saints) • Pope Leo IV (847-855) built a new church and, from the cemetery on the Via Labicana, brought the relics of the Quattro Coronati and, soon after, the relics of the five sculptors for Pannonia. The relics of the Quattro Coronati, traditionally named as Severus, Victorinus, Carpophorus, and Severinus, are found in the crypt. They were martyred by Diocletian (284-305) for not worshiping a statue of the pagan god Asclepius . The relics of the five sculptors of Pannonia, traditionally named Claudius, Nicostratus, Castor, Sempronianus, and Simplicius, are also found in the crypt. They were martyred for not making a sculpture of the pagan god Asclepius • After damage in the sack of Rome by the Normans (1084), Pope Paschal II (1099-1118) reconstructed it as a smaller church in 1111. The renovation in 1912-1914 restored much of the church to what it was under Pope Pascal II

Anchor 1 Second Courtyard • 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 • The entrance to the second courtyard is the location of the original entrance to Pope Leo IV's church • The decorations in the portico and the 5 pillars in the right wall were part of Pope Leo IV's church ▶ ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 Monument to Matilda Artist: Stefano Speranza Date: 1635 • The relief recalls when Emperor Henry IV of Germany humbled himself before Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) at Matilda's castle in Canossa on January 25th, 1077. Matilda (1046-1115) is on the left of the Pope because of the role she played in the reconciliation ▼