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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 ▶ ◀ Monument to Gregory XIII Artist: Camillo Rusconi Date: 1720-1723 • The tomb is Monument to Gregory XIII. Pope Gregory XIII (1572-1585) is the namesake for the Gregorian Calendar which is still, worldwide, the most used calendar today. The relief on his tomb shows this in detail • The statue on the left is Religion and on the right is Fortitude. Gregory XIII was of the Buoncompagni family whose coat of arms includes the winged dragon which is at bottom center

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Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Capranica Chapel

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ S. Sebastiano

Anchor 1 ▼ Altar • The altar contains the relics of St. Caesarius and Anastasius in a green basalt urn • Under the pavement in front of the altar is the burial place of Cardinal Giuseppe Firrao (1744 d) who was a titular cardinal of this church

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Gabrielli Chapel Artist: Giovan Battista Franco (Semolei) Date: 1550 • The painting is Resurrection

Anchor 1 ▼ Main Altar ▶ ◀

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

Anchor 1 ▼ Life of St. Paul From left to right: Artist: Cesare Mariani Date: 1857-1860 • Commission of Paul and Barnabas • Conversion of Sergius at Paphos • Paul and Barnabas at Lystra • 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 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Vestibule Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ercole Ferrata, Antonio Raggi, G. Antonio Mari Date: 1653 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Cardinal Domenico Pimentel • Cardinal Domenico Pimentel, a Dominican, is kneeling at the top of the monument. The statues from the left side are Charity, Faith, Justice, and Knowledge

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Chapel of the Holy Family and St. Ann

Anchor 1 Colonna Chapel • The choir stalls are of walnut and contain statues of saints ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 Chapel of St. Gregory the Great ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 S. Lorenzo Fuori le Mura Oratory to St. Lawrence: 258 ca. Original Church built by Constantine: 330 Pope Pelagius II Rebuilt Current Church: 578 Pope Honorius III Adds Nave: 1216-1227 Pope Pius IX renovation by Virginio Vespignani: 1862-1865 Bombed in World War II: July 19, 1943 • St. Lawrence (225-258) was a deacon in Rome that was martyred under the Valerian (253-259) persecution • This is one of the five patriarchal basilicas of Rome • The campanile is Romanesque style and was built in 1150 • The portico architecture and design is by Vassalletto in 1220 ◀

Anchor 1 S. Maria sopra Minerva Minerva temple: 50 BC Original church: 741-752 Current Gothic church: 1280-1370 • The previous facade's three doorways (1453) are contained in the current facade given by Cardinal Antonio Barberini (1569-1646) • Main door's coat of arms of Dominican Pope St. Pius V (1566-1572) • Elephant statue, designed by Bernini and created by Ferrata (1667), holds Egyptian obelisk (589-570 BC) • Plaques on right note water levels of floods (1422-1870) ◀