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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 ▼ Chapel of the Crucifix Artist: Donatello school Date: 1400s • This is a wood crucifix that has been carved

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Monument to Queen Christina of Sweden Artist: Carlo Fontana • The medallion is Monument to Queen Christina of Sweden. Christina's (1626-1689) father was King Gustavus Adolphus. She held the throne from 1644 until 1654 when she abdicated. Soon after she became Catholic and later died in Rome. Her tomb can be found in the grottoes

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

Anchor 1 ▼ Main Altar • The pantheon was built by Agrippa (27 BC), restored by Domitian and Trajan, and rebuilt by Hadrian (117-138) • With the advent of Christianity, Theodosius closed the temple (391) and Phocas gave it to Pope Boniface IV who made it into a church (609). As Boniface had 28 carts of martyrs' bones brought from Rome's cemeteries for the dedication, it was called S. Maria ad Martyres • The building's diameter is equal to its height at about 142 feet. In the walls there are seven large niches which were probably dedicated to the seven planetary gods ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Holy Door ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Fresco Date: Late 500s • The remains of a fresco from the church of Pope Pelagius II (578-590) that was found during the mid-1800s renovations. Pelagius's church is where the altar is currently located. The current nave, where the fresco is now, was a later addition of Pope Honorius III (1216-1227).

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ St. Peter of Alcantara

Anchor 1 ◀ Cloister Date: Early 1200s • This is the cloister area Date: 1100 • The basin, which is marble, may have been originally located in the first courtyard ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ St. John Eudes • St. John Eudes lived from 1601-1680

Anchor 1 ▼ Borghese Chapel Artist: Giovanni Baglione • The painting is Doctors of the Church

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Andrew the Apostle

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Chapel of St. Stanislaus Kostka Artist: Ludovico Mazzanti Date: 18th • This painting is St. Stanislaus Receives Communion from the Angel

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Holy Year Door • This is the interior side of the holy door. The holy door is opened on holy years at regular intervals as well as special occasions by the pope. Walking through the door during this time is a kind of prayer and asking for blessing from God • The first time a holy year was initiated was in 1300 by Pope Boniface VIII (1294-1303). The first time the holy year door was used was in 1500 during the reign of Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503)