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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

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Dominic •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Left Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ Gregorian Room • The ceiling is painted as if coffered

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Tomb of Innocent XII Artist: Ferdinando Fuga (design); Filippo Valle (statues) Date: 1746 • The monument is Tomb of Innocent XII (1691-1700). The left statue is Charity and the right statue is Justice

Anchor 1 ◀ Bronze Door • The Bronze Door is the entrance to the Apostolic Palace where the Pope traditionally lives • To attend a Wednesday morning General Audience with the Pope enter here and ask for free tickets

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)

Anchor 1 ▼ Right Transept Artist: Luca Blasi of Perugia Date: 1598 • The baroque organ includes carved wood angels ▶ ◀ ▲

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 ◀