Anchor 1 ▼ Sacred Heart Chapel Artist: Unknown Date: Modern • The fresco in the value is Triumph of the Lamb ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Gregorian Portico

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Barbara • The damaged paintings are of events in the life of St. Barbara ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Pavement Artist: Opus Alexandrinum Date: 1200s • This pavement was constructed during the addition of Pope Honorius III (1216-1227) of this nave area

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Petronilla Artist: Guercino Date: Mosaic copy • This is Burial of St. Petronilla. The original painting is in the Capitoline Museum in Rome • The relics of St. Petronilla (200s) were moved from the catacombs of Domitilla to old St. Peter's during the reign of Pope Paul I (757-767). They were then transferred to the new St. Peter's in 1606 • The cupola mosaic is Heavenly Militia • The pendentives, from top left clockwise, are church fathers who have written on angels including Dionysius the Areopagite, Flavian of Constantinople, St. Leo the Great, and St. Bernard ◀ ▶

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Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation Artist: Cesare Nebbia Date: 1589-1614 • The lunettes are Childhood of Jesus • Under the arch are Stories of the Virgin • These are probably some of the last works of the artist Cesare Nebbia ▲ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Statue of St. Cecilia • Gilded relief shows three of the saints buried here • From left to right: Sts. Pope Lucius I, Pope Urban I, and Maximus

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Portico • The panel is the meeting of St. Paul with St. Peter in Jerusalem. Galatians 2:9 mentions that Peter (Cephas) gave his hand to Paul in partnership at the Council of Jerusalem • Below, the panel notes the doors were made in 2008 during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI

Anchor 1 S. Saba •

Anchor 1 ▼ Atrium Artist: Giuseppe Obici Date: 1800s • The St. Paul statue portrays him with a sword because it was the instrument through which he was beheaded. Although condemned for being Christian, Paul was entitled to this type of death because he was a Roman citizen. The inscription reads: " To the preacher of truth, the teacher of nations" • The columns in front of the facade are red Baveno granite. A head of St. Paul is carved into the top of the columns

▼ ▶ Anchor 1 Ponziani Chapel Artist: Attributed to Antonio da Viterbo Date: 16th century • This fresco is of St. Sebastian

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Chapel of St. Ignatius of Loyola Artist: Angelo De Rossi • The relief is Pope Paul III Approves the Society of Jesus

Anchor 1 ▼ Main Altar Artist: Guillaume Courtois Date: 1668 • The painting over the altar is the Martyrdom of St. Andrew • St. Andrew was an apostle of Jesus who is tradionally said to have been crucified on an X shaped cross • The frame for the painting is cottanello marble on a mosaic background

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Dominic •

Anchor 1 ▼ Main Altar Artist: Fuga Date: 1747 • The relics of St. Matthew and other martyrs are in the altar • Fuga reused the four porphyry pillars of the earlier baldacin of Mino del Reame (1474 ca.) • The coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758), who was responsible for the renovations, are at the base of the pillars Artist: Giuseppe Valadier Date: 1823 • Added the bronze palm branches to the baldacin pillars

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Vestibule Artist: School of Andrea Bregno Date: 1488 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Agapito and Paolo Rustici • Before this became the vestibule it was the family chapel of the Rustici family

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Aldobrandini Chapel Artist: Giacomo della Porta, Nicolas Cordier Date: 1611 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Silvestro Aldobrandini. Giacomo della Porta designed the statue and Nicolas Cordier executed the work. Silvestro (d. 1558) was the father of Pope Clement VIII • The statue on the left is Force (1611) by Ippolito Buzi • The statue on the right is Prudence (1611) by Ippolito Buzi

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of the Holy Trinity

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Nave