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Anchor 1 ▼ Baptismal Font Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Baptistery

Anchor 1 ▼ Main Altar ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Torlonia Chapel Artist: Quintiliano Raimondi (design) Date: 1830-1850 • The gate is made of bronze

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Apse Artist: Umbrian school. Potentially Antoniazzo Romano Date: 1495 ca • The apse fresco is Finding and Triumph of the Cross. Above Jesus gives a blessing. The lower is the story of the cross: St. Helen figures out where it is buried, she finds the cross, the cross brings a young man back to life, St. Helen raises the cross for worship with the benefactor of the apse Cardinal Carvajal, the king of Persia Chosroes II takes the cross in 615 when he wins Jerusalem, emperor Heraclius defeats the Persians and returns the cross

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Dominic •

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Tomb of Pope Clement VIII Artist: Flaminio Ponzio Date: 1610-1614 • The statue is of Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605) with reliefs of the key events of his reign. Pope Paul V placed his tomb here because he made him a cardinal Artist: Guido Reni • Left of the window is Vision of St. John Damascene • Right of the window is Vision of St. Ildephonse Artist: Ippolito Buzzi • Left upper relief is Peace between Philip II of Spain and Henry IV of France Artist: Pietro Bernini • Center upper relief is Coronation of Clement VIII Artist: Valsoldino • Right upper relief is Canonization of St. Hyacinth and St. Raymond

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Monument to the Last of the Stuarts Artist: A. Canova Date: 1817-1819 • The busts near the top are, from left, James Edward (1688-1766), his son Charles Edward (1720-1788) and other son Henry Benedict (1725-1807). The first two were pretenders to the throne and Henry was cardinal of York . They are buried in the grottoes • On the left and the right of the doorway are genii

Anchor 1 ▼ Baptistry ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Pieta Artist: Pietro da Cortona (design); Ciro Ferri (design) • The cupola is Salvation through the Cross • The pendentives, from top left clockwise, are Jeremiah, Moses, Abraham, and Noah ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Blessed Sacrament Chapel Artist: Carlo Maderno Date: 1625 • This chapel designed by Maderno in the Baroque style was the only one to survive the fire Artist: Sienese school; Pietro Cavallini; Tino di Camaino Date: 1300s • This is the crucifix that spoke to St. Bridget of Sweden when she prayed before it in 1370 • Pietro Cavallini is believed to be buried in this chapel ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Gregorian Chapel • The relics are of St. Gregory Nazianzen. St. Gregory (329-389 ca). was the Patriarch of Constantinople and is a doctor of the church. The relics were placed here by Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585) who moved them from S. Maria in Campo Marzio. The chapel was completed during his pontificate and is named after him

Anchor 1 ▼ Holy Water Stoups Date: Late 1400s • This is a stoup for holy water. Inside the basin are images of fish

Anchor 1 ▼ Holy Family Chapel Artist: Pietro Gagliardi Date: 1890 ca. • The altarpiece is Holy Family of Nazareth • The four statues in the corners are the cardinal virtues: prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Christ's Passion ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Madonna of the Clemency Chapel ▶ ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Entrance

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Gabrielli Chapel Artist: Girolamo Muziano Date: 1550 • The fresco in the center of the columns is Prophet. Above and below this are Allegorical Figures

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ S. Sisto Vecchio •

Anchor 1 ▼ Portico