Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ S. Marcella •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Capranica Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ Tomb of Luigi d'Aquino Date: 1679 ca. • The tomb is of Luigi d'Aquino • Luigi d'Aquino (1633-1679) was general auditor for 5 popes of the Reverend Apostolic Chamber

Anchor 1 ▼ Capranica Chapel ▲ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Aisle ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Maria Maggiore Artist: Giuliano da Sangallo (started); Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (finished) Date: 1455-1503 ca. • Pope Callistus III (1455-1458) was the benefactor for starting the gold coffered ceiling. It was finished with the later assistance of Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503) • It is said that the gold in the ceiling was a gift to Pope Alexander from Ferdinand and Isabella who obtained it from the newly discovered Americas • Callistus' coat of arms appears 2 times. Alexander's coat of arms appears 3 times. As both Popes were of the Borgia family, the image is of a bull

Anchor 1 ▲ ▼ Pavement • The general pattern of white and grey-blue bardiglio marble is by Mattia De Rossi, an assistant of Bernini, in 1670-1671

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Apse Mosaic Artist: Iacopo Torriti Date: 1295 • At the sides of the inner arch, from Revelation, there are 24 elders, 7 candlesticks, and also the 4 gospel writers. They worship the lamb at the top center of the inner arch • At the base of the inner arch is St. Jerome Explains the Scriptures to Paola and Eustochia. The relics of St. Jerome were brought to this church from the East • At the base of the apse mosaic is the Annunciation • Torriti's signature can be seen near the feet of St. Francis of Assisi • This part of the mosaic was covered in 1593 for a renovation but restored in 1933 by Pope Pius XI based on sketches

Anchor 1 ▼ Dome ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Altar of St. Francis of Assisi ◀

Anchor 1 Clementine Chapel Artist: Roncalli (design) • The pendentives, from top left clockwise(?), are Ambrose, Augustine, Athanasius, and John Chrysostom. These saints are all doctors of the church • The cupola mosaics have the coat of arms of Clement VIII (1592-1605). The Clementine chapel is named after him because it was finished during his reign ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ Coronation of the Virgin Aedicule Artist: Unknown Date: 1400s • The painting is Coronation of the Virgin

Anchor 1 ▲ ◀ Gregorian Portico • As part of the rebuilding project after the fire, Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846) asked the main architect Luigi Poletti to make a portico. It was thus named after Pope Gregory • The 12 columns used in the design were part of the original basilica before the fire. One of the columns has an inscription from the original consecration in 390 by Pope Siricius

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of the Crucifix • The image is the crucifixion of Jesus

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Right Transept • The coat of arms in the ceiling is of Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605). Pope Clement VIII who was the benefactor for the renovations in the transept • The statue in the ceiling of the left transept is St. John the Evangelist. Next to it is a large bust of St. Peter

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Vault Artist: Baciccia Date: 1676-1679 • The fresco is Triumph of the Name of Jesus. This was Baciccia's third work in the church • The IHS is the Latin monogram"Iesus Hominum Salvator" which means Jesus Savior of Humanity. The light around the IHS seems to, at the same time, invite the blessed into the frame and push the unworthy outside of the frame

Anchor 1 Immacolata e S. Benedetto G. Labre •

Anchor 1 ▼ Tomb of Guillaume Durand Artist: Giovanni di Cosma Date: 1296 ca. • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Guillaume Durand • Guillaume Durand (d. 1296) was a Dominican and bishop of Mende • The mosaic has at center Mary and child Jesus. On the left is St. Privatus who was one of the first bishops of Mende. St. Privatus presents Durand to Mary. On the right is St. Dominic

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Chapel of St. Francis Xavier • This side way is another entrance into the Sacristy

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Holy Family and St. Ann Artist: Agostino Masucci Date: 1723 • The altarpiece is Holy Family and St. Ann