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Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Christ's Passion ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▶ ▲ ◀ Interior Church established: 1670 • The church is elliptical in shape and is a combination of polychrome marbles. The dual pairs of fluted red and white cottanello columns support an architrave that bends with the church • The carrara marble pilasters form eight chapels. These chapels were designed by Mattia De Rossi who was an assistant to Bernini • The Corinthian columns have the Pampili dove with an olive branch sitting on them • The arches opening to the side altars are cottanello marble with Sicilian jasper friezes and spandrels

Anchor 1 ▼ Crucifixion Chapel Artist: Cavalier d'Arpino • The painting is St. John Evangelist and Disciples

Anchor 1 ▼ Tomb of Pope Sergius IV

Anchor 1 ▼ Crucifixion Chapel Artist: Giacomo Della Porta • The chapel was designed by Giacomo Della Porta ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ St. Sylvester Chapel Artist: Raffaellino da Reggio Date: 1570 • The left wall is Martyrdom of the Quattro Coronati • The 4 soldiers are being scourged near an Asclepius statue ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Capranica Chapel • This chapel was established by the Capranica family in 1449. The tomb of St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) was kept here from 1430-1855. After the historical Battle of Lepanto in 1571, Angelo Capranica, a descendant of the family and member of the Confraternity of the Rosary, had Marcello Venusti decorate the ceiling with the Mysteries of the Rosary in 1573. A few years later in 1579, the chapel itself was dedicated to the Madonna of the Rosary. Giovanni de' Vecchi added the Stories of St. Catherine of Siena in 1586. The tomb of St. Catherine of Siena was moved to the main altar in 1855 where she still lies today

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Our Lady of the Assumption Altar Artist: Guilio Romano; Giovanni Francesco Date: 1492 (copy) • The altarpiece is Coronation of Mary. This is a mosaic copy of the original which can be found in the Vatican Pinacoteca

Anchor 1 ▼ Left Transept Artist: Pier Paolo Olivieri Date: 1599 ca • At the top of the monument is the name of Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605) who was the benefactor of the renovations • The four bronze fluted columns are said to be from the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus in the Roman Forum • Behind the bronze relief of the Last Supper is a piece of wood that is said to be of the table used by Jesus during the last supper ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Gregory the Great Artist: Francesco Nappi; Girolamo Nanni Date: 1640 ca • The fresco is The Most Holy Trinity with the Virgin, Several Holy Monks, and Angels Delivering Souls from Purgatory. Of the Holy Monks, on center left, is St. Gregory the Great and, center right, St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Inscription of Gregory II • The inscription of Pope Gregory II (715-731) notes his donation of 56 olive trees which are to supply the oil in the lamps for St. Peter's tomb under the main altar

Anchor 1 Portico • The inscription above the arches notes the completion of the doorways was in the fourteenth year of the reign of Pope Paul V (1605-1621). Thus 1619. The portico itself had been completed in 1612 • Under the central three arches of the entryway can be seen lists with the names of clergy that were present for the declaration of Mary's Assumption into Heaven by Pope Pius XII (1939-1958) on November 1, 1950 ▲ ▶ ◀

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