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Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ All Saints Chapel Artist: Cosimo Fancelli Date: 1671 • This is Bust of Lorenzo Altieri • Lorenzo Altieri (d. 1638) was Pope Clement X's father

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Dominic Artist: Francesco Cozza Date: • The painting is Nativity • Below this painting and to the left of the altar is the Funeral Monument of Arcangelo Corelli. Corelli (1653-1713) was a composer and violinist

Anchor 1 ▼ Baldichin Artist: Barna da Siena Date: 1369 • The frescoes are of saints • There is a story that, behind the grille above, are the heads of St. Paul and St. Peter • Three of the columns of the baldachin are of granite and one is of marble ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Francis of Paola • St. Francis of Paola lived from 1416-1507

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

Anchor 1 ▼ Vault Artist: Unknown Date: 1800s • The decorations in the vault are from the 19th century renovation ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ North Entrance Date: 1500s ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Relics of the Passion • This relic is a nail from the cross • The nail measures 12.5 cm long. Its width is 9 mm near the head and 5 mm near the end ▲ ▶ ◀

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 • Through the hole in the wall can be seen the tombs of the Frangipane chapel ▶

▼ Anchor 1 Courtyard Facade • The ancient vase at the center of the garden is called a cantharus Date: 18th Artist: Ferdinando Fuga • Inscription: "Francesco Acquaviva, Titular Cadinal of St. Cecilia." His coat of arms is in the tympanum • The facade preserves two ancient columns of red granite and two of africano marble • The Romanesque tower is from 1113

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ ▶ St. Therese of Lisieux Chapel • Statue is of St. Therese of Lisieux

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Tomb of Pope Paul V Artist: Nicolas Cordier Date: 1610-1615 • The statue is St. Denis

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ St. Veronica Relic Artist: Bernini Date: 1627 ca. • Each of the four piers are dedicated to an important relic that is housed in the balcony area above each statue. The decorations were designed by Bernini for Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644). Thus Urban's VIII's coat of arms is at the base. The spiral columns are from the altar of old St. Peter's • The relic for this pier is the veil of St. Veronica. The veil is recorded to have been in old St. Peter's around the year 1000. According to the story, St. Veronica miraculously had the imprint of Jesus' face remain on her veil during the passion of Jesus

Anchor 1 ▼ Portico Artist: Ludovico Pogliaghi Date: 1949 • These bronze doors were donated by Pope Pius XII (1939-1958). They mark different events from Mary's life

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Dominic • ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ Life of St. Paul From left to right: Artist: Vincenzo Morani Date: 1857-1860 • Paul and Silas Flogged at Philippi Artist: Giuseppi Sereni Date: 1857-1860 • Conversion of the Jailer at Philippi Artist: Giovan Battista Pianello Date: 1857-1860 • Paul on the Areopagus at Athens • 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 ▼ ▶ ◀ Tomb of Pope Paul V Artist: Stefano Maderno Date: 1610-1615 • The relief is Emperor Rudolph of Hungary Goes into Battle

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Lawrence Chapel Artist: Arturo Viligiardi; Anastasio Faontebuoni Date: 1900s • The ceiling fresco with angels is by Viligiardi with the sibyls and prophets by Fontebuoni

Anchor 1 ▼ Gregorian Room • Almost all of the original apse mosaic of 1220, in the main church, has been removed due to the 1747 renovation and later fire. Parts of the original work can be found in this room ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Gabrielli Chapel Artist: Giovan Battista Franco (Semolei) Date: 1550 ca. • The lunette is Sibyls ▲ ▶ ◀