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Anchor 1 ▼ Tomb of Bishop Gregorio Magalotti of Chiusi • Bishop Gregorio contributed to the needs of the attached convent. He died in 1537 • Maura, the sister of Bishop Gregorio, was the first abbess of the convent and is buried at the base of his tomb • The tomb shows Bishop Gregorio with the figures of Faith on the left and Justice on the right

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Anchor 1 Vestibule Artist: Isaia da Pisa Date: 1455 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Beato Angelico • Fra Angelico (1387-1455), a Dominican, was one of the great masters of medieval art. He died in the adjoining monastery February 18, 1455 • The Virgin and Child in the Frangipane Chapel is attributed to him and a modern copy of his St. Dominic is found in the Chapel of St. Dominic ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Door of the Sacraments Artist: Venanzo Crocetti Date: 1965 • The top panel is the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick • The bottom panel is the Sacrament of Order

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Presentation • The relics are of Pope St. Pius X. He was canonized in 1954 ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Left Transept Artist: Silla da Viggiu • The statue is Aaron • The relief above the statue is also by Viggiu

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Sacristy Artist: Attributed to Giuseppe Puglia Date: Early 1600s • The painting is Glory of St. Dominic • Other decorations are Ornaments and Allegorical Figures (Early 1600s) by Armanno Fiammingo

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of Our Lady della Strada Artist: Valeriano and Scipione Pulzone • The painting is the Presentation of Mary

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Assumption Aedicule

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX Artist: Ludwig Seitz Date: 1890 ca. • The various coat of arms are of dioceses and institutes that contributed to the chapel ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Sylvester Chapel Artist: Raffaellino da Reggio Date: 1570 • On both sides of the circle is the Annunciation • The pendentives are of the Quattro Coronati (two are visible) • The altarpiece is Crucifixion ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ North Entrance

Anchor 1 S. Maria ad Martyres (Pantheon) Agrippa temple to all the gods: 27BC Hadrian rebuild: 117-138 Boniface IV consecrates as Church: 609 • Hadrian's Latin inscription says Marcus Agrippa built this during his third term as consul • The 16 granite columns are about 42 feet high and 15 feet around. Popes Urban VIII and Alexander VII (1655-1667) replaced the three on the left • The walls have brick from 115-124 which would have been covered with marble • The niches on each side of the main door had large statues of Agrippa, on the left, and Augustus, on the right ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Facade Artist: Filippo Agricola; Nicola Consoni Date: 1854-1874 • Christ is giving a blessing with Peter on the left and Paul on the right • The Lamb of God, seated over the four rivers of paradise, the four gospels, is approached by twelve sheep, the twelve apostles, from the cities of Jerusalem and Bethlehem • Four prophets, from left, are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. They each spoke of the coming of Jesus

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Interior

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

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ S. Maria Maggiore

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Chapel of the Relics of the Passion • This relic is a part of the Good Thief's cross. The good thief is the unnamed criminal, in Luke 23:39-43, that hung on a cross near Jesus and repented. Jesus tells him: "Today you will be with me in paradise." • The wood measures 178 cm long 13 cm wide

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of the Crucifix

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Torlonia Chapel Artist: Giuseppe Barba Date: 1829 ca. • The monument is Tomb of Anna Torlonia. Anna was the wife of Giovanni Torlonia whose tomb is opposite