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Anchor 1 ▼ Borghese Chapel Artist: Giovanni Baglione • In the center of the underarch is Death of Julian the Apostate • On the left of the underarch is Punishment of Constantine V Compronimus • On the right of the underarch is Leo V the Armenian ▲

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Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of the Holy Founders Artist: Ludovico Mazzanti Date: 17th • The painting over the main altar is The Virgin with the Saints: Ignatius Loyola, Aloysius Gonzaga, and Francis Borgia • St. Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) was the primary founder of the Society of Jesus • St. Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591) was fellow Jesuit novice with St. Stanislaus. They were canonized saints together in 1726 • St. Francis Borgia (1510-1572) was a Jesuit general responsible for the novitiate located here

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Corsini Chapel Artist: Giovanni Battista Maini • The monument is Tomb of Cardinal Nereo Corsini (1624-1678). Cardinal Nereo was the uncle of Pope Clement XII (1730-1740)

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Tomb of Alexander VIII Artist: Angelo De Rossi Date: 1706-1715 • The monument is Tomb of Pope Alexander VIII (1689-1691). The left statue is Religion and the right is Prudence. The base relief refers to the right of offering gifts to the pope. The specific event here is a canonization ceremony on October 16, 1690

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Sistine Chapel Artist: Domenico Fontana Date: 1585 • The chapel is named after Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590)

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation Artist: Attributed to Niccolo Stabbia Date: 1500s • The painting is St. Dominic • Below the painting is the Funeral Monument of Cardinal Juan de Torquemada (1640-1660) by Roman school • Cardinal Torquemada (1388-1468) was the founder of the Confraternity of Our Lady of the Annunciation which sponsored this chapel

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Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Cyriaca

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Lancelotti Chapel Artist: Giovanni Battista Puccetti • The altarpiece is St. Francis of Assisi Receives the Stigmata

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Benedict • St. Benedict lived from 480-546

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Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Tomb of Pius VII

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Main Altar Artist: Nicolas Cordier Date: 1600 ca. • The bust is St. Paul

Anchor 1 ▼ Papal Altar Date: 590s (Altar of St. Gregory the Great); 1120s (Altar of Pope Callistus II); 1594 (Altar of Pope Clement VIII) • The papal altar is directly above the tomb of St. Peter, the apostle of Jesus. Many sources point to St. Peter being buried here on Vatican Hill in the 60s • The papal altar that is visible is that of Pope Clement VIII. For the new St. Peter's he had the old altars of St. Gregory the Great and Pope Calliustus enclosed within his altar

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Anchor 1 ▶ ▼ Chapel of the Relics

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ St. Agnes Aedicule Artist: Unknown Date: 1536 ca. • The bust is Funeral Monument of Baldassarre Peruzzi • The famous painter Peruzzi (1481-1536) is buried here