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▼ 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 ▼ Chapel of St. Cyriaca Date: 1200s • The relief is Virgin and St. John Hold the Dead Christ. Date: 1600s • The sides have reliefs of souls suffering in purgatory • The door on the left is an entrance to the Catacombs of St. Cyriaca. St. Cyriaca (249 d.) was the Roman woman who, after his martyrdom, buried St. Lawrence on this site.

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Holy Trinity ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Ponziani Chapel Artist: Attributed to the school of Pinturicchio • This fresco is of St. John the Evangelist

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Anchor 1 ▼ St. Matthew Artist: Cesare Nebbia • The medallion is St. Matthew • The medallion diameter is 29 feet Artist: Cristoforo Roncalli • Outside of the medallion are Angels • The Latin inscription above reads: "You are Peter and on this rock I will build my church. I will entrust to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven" (Mt 16:18) ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Aldobrandini Chapel Artist: Cherubino Alberti Date: 1605-1611 • The lunette is The Eritrean Sibyl

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Tomb of Urban VIII Artist: Bernini Date: 1628-1647 • The bronze statue is of Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644). A bronze symbol of Death is on the urn and lists the pope's name. The marble statue on the left is Charity and on the right Justice. Also, there are two Barberini bees on the upper plinth and one on the urn • Pope Urban VIII was one of Bernini's patrons

Anchor 1 Life of St. Paul From left to right: Artist: Cesare Mariani Date: 1857-1860 • Stoning of Paul at Lystra Artist: Luigi Cochetti Date: 1857-1860 • Vision at Troas • Exorcism at Philippi • 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 ▼ 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 ◀ ▶

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of Mary • The statue is of Mary, the mother of Jesus

Anchor 1 ▼ Sacred Heart Chapel Artist: Unknown Date: Modern • The lunette is the Resurrection ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ First Courtyard • The painting is Quattro Coronati • The engraving on the door notes that the St. Sylvester chapel was given to the Sculptors' and Stonecutters' guild in 1570. The chapel was originally built in 1246. The church itself is connect with the five sculptor martyrs of Pannonia whose relics were brought here soon after the Quattro Coronati by Pope Leo IV around 847-855. You can enter this chapel from the second courtyard ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ St. James the Greater Date: 1715-1718 Artist: Camillo Rusconi • The statue is St. James the Greater. His symbol is a staff which refers to the pilgrimage of the Way of St. James in Spain . • All of the statues in the pillars are of the 12 apostles of Jesus (except St. Paul). These 12 pillars follow Revelation 21:14 which speak of the 12 apostles as the 12 foundations of the new Jerusalem • The dove in the pediment is the heraldic device of the Pamphili. Pope Innocent X (1644-1655), a Pamphili, renovated the nave