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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 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Pendentives Artist: Baciccia Date: 1675-1676 • The pendentive is Prophets of Israel. The pendentives were Baciccia's second work in the church • Below each pendentive is the Farnese coat of arms

Anchor 1 ▼ Crucifix Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Chapel of the Pieta

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Baptismal Font Chapel Artist: Francesco Mochi Date: 1621 ca. • This is Bust of Ladislao di Aquino

Anchor 1 S. Pietro St. Peter's Grave: 50 ca Oratory of Pope Anacletus: 79-91 ca Basilica of Constantine and Pope Sylvester I: 320-326 Pope Nicholas V Restoration: 1425-1455 New St. Peter's of Pope Julius II: 1506 Bramante Architect: 1506-1514 Raphael Architect: 1514-1520 Peruzzi Architect: 1520-1546 Michelangelo Architect: 1546-1564 Maderno Architect: 1607-1614 Pope Urban VIII consecration November 18, 1626

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Easter Candlestick Artist: Nicolaus de Angelo; Petro Bassaletto Date: 1170 • The scenes on the candlestick are of Jesus' suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension as well as of various animals. Jesus is clothed in a tunic which was an iconographic tradition that was falling out of favor at the time • The base and top may have been reused from an older candlestick. It is about 18 feet in height • At the base the inscription reads: "I Nicolaus de Angelo with Petro Bassaletto produced this work." ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ Canons' Chapel Artist: Maratta and Ferri (designs) • The culpola is Eternal Father Surrounded by the Four Animals of the Apocalypse Artist: Maratta and Ferri (designs) • The pendentives, from top left clockwise, are Habakkuk, David, Daniel, and Jonah ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Portico

Anchor 1 ▼ Benediction Loggia

Anchor 1 ▼ Nave Date: 431-440 • The mosaics date mostly from Pope Sixtus III (432-440) • The mosaics on the left are Old Testament events of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Artist: Giovanni Battista Ricci; Baldassarre Croce; others Date: 1593 • The 22 paintings are New Testament events mostly of Mary ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 Life of St. Paul From left to right: Artist: Guglielmo De Sanctis Date: 1857-1860 • Paul Preaches in Damascus • Paul Escapes from Damascus Artist: Nicola Consoni Date: 1857-1860 • Council of Jerusalem • These chronologically ordered scenes from the life of St. Paul were intended by Pope Pius IX to replace the Cavallini works destroyed by the fire ▶ ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Chapel of St. Gregory the Great Date: 1571 ca. • The bust is Funeral Monument of Cardinal Jerome Souchier. Jerome was superior general of the Cistercian order

Anchor 1 ▼ Pavement Artist: Bernini Date: 1612 • The coat of arms is of Pope John XXIII (1958-1963) who restored the pavement before the beginning of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) • The pavement was designed by Bernini

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation Artist: Attributed to Niccolo Stabbia Date: 1500s • The painting is St. Hyacinth • Below the painting is Funeral Monument of Cardinal Benedetto Giustiniani (1658) by Roman school • Cardinal Giustiniani was a member and patron of the Confraternity of Our Lady of the Annunciation which sponsored this chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ Coffered Ceiling Artist: Giovanni Vasanzio Date: 1612 • The ceiling is of carved wood with the main figure being St. Sebastian

Anchor 1 ▼ SS. Fabiano e Venanzio • ▲

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