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Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium • Paul Bril painted the landscape frescoes • Niccolò Circignani painted the frescoes of events from St. Cecilia's life

Anchor 1 ▼ Nave Date: 431-440 • The mosaics date mostly from Pope Sixtus III (432-440) • The mosaics on the right are Old Testament events of Moses and Joshua Artist: Giovanni Battista Ricci; Baldassarre Croce; others Date: 1593 • The 22 paintings are New Testament events mostly of Mary ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 Portico • There are three main doors separated by statues of St. Peter on the left and St. Paul on the right • Above the doors are frescoes of St. Paul's companions • On the right, is a statue of St. Luke who was a companion of Paul on his missionary journeys. Luke wrote the Gospel of Luke as well as Acts of the Apostles ▼

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ First Courtyard ▼

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ Confession ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium • ▲ ▶ ◀

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

Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium • ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Baptistry Artist: Pietro Bracci Date: 1725 • The bust is Pope Benedict XIII • After Pope Benedict XIII (1724-1730) financed renovations to the roof, the canons of the church commissioned this in appreciation

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Dominic •

Anchor 1 ▼ Lancelotti Chapel Artist: Francesco da Volterra (design); Giovanni Antonio De Rossi (rebuilt) Date: 1585-1590; 1675 • The chapel was designed by da Volterra and rebuilt by De Rossi ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Papal Altar • The papal altar under the baldachin can only be used by the Pope or by those with his permission • It stands directly over the grave of St. Paul as a way to honor him and ask for his prayers during Mass • The relics of St. Timothy the Martyr are said to be in the altar ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Clementine Chapel • Relics of Pope Gregory I (590-604) were placed in the altar in 1606 ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ St. Lucy Filippini • St. Lucy Filippini lived from 1672-1732

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Sylvester

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Tomb of Pope Sergius IV Date: 1700s • The monument is Tomb of Pope Sergius IV (1009-1012). It contains fragments from the original tomb • Facing opposite of the monument, on the interior of the pillar, is a Funeral Monument

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. John Artist: Lazzaro Baldi Date: 1660-1665 • The altarpiece is St. John's Vision on the Isle of Patmos