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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 ▶ ◀ 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

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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 ▼ Scala Santa •

Anchor 1 ◀ Right of the Lante della Rovere Chapel Artist: Roman school Date: 1622-1644 • This is the Funeral Monument of Ottaviano Ubaldini della Gherardesca • The putti which are supporting the garland are one of the earliest Roman works of Giuliano Finelli. Finelli was an assistant to Gian Lorenzo Bernini • The mosaic (1644 ca.) is by Giovan Battista Calandra probably taken from a design by Vouet ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Annunciation Chapel Artist: Attributed to Melozzo da Forli Date: Early 1500s • The painting is Annunciation

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