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

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Torlonia Chapel Artist: Giuseppe Barba Date: 1829 ca. • The monument is Tomb of Anna Torlonia. Anna was the wife of Giovanni Torlonia whose tomb is opposite

Anchor 1 ▼ Door • These doors are often the entrance to various museum exhibits

Anchor 1 ▼ Nave Artist: Alessandro Algardi (design) Date: 1650 • The relief on the right is Adam and Eve are expelled from the garden of Eden. This story is found in the Bible in Genesis 3:23 • The relief on the left is Noah and the flood. This story can be found in Genesis 6:5-9:17 • The prophet on the upper right is Isaiah. The prophet on the upper left is Baruch ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Nave • The Latin inscription on the right reads: "Whatever you declare bound on earth shall be bound in heaven; whatever you declare loosed on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (Mt 16:19) ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Sacred Heart Chapel Artist: Mino da Fiesole Date: 1480 ca. • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Francesco Tornabuoni. Tornabuoni (d. 1480) was a merchant from Florence. There are many Florentines buried here as this was the primary church in Rome for the Florentines before the construction of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini in 1518 • This monument was previously in the Naro Chapel when it was the Tornabuoni Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Tomb of Paul III Artist: Guglielmo Della Porta Date: 1551-1575 • The bronze statue of Pope Paul III (1534-1549) is in the center. The marble statue on the left is Justice and on the right Prudence • This monument was moved here in 1629

Anchor 1 ▼ Baldachin ▲

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