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Anchor 1 ▼ Holy Door ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Holy Trinity Artist: Durante Alberti • The painting is Transfiguration ▲ ▶ ◀

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Anchor 1 ▼ Portico • This is the coat of arms of Pope Clement XII (1730-1740) • Pope Clement XII commissioned the portico and facade which was completed in 1735 ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Monument to Clement X Artist: Mattia De Rossi (design); Ercole Ferrata (pope); Lazzaro Morelli (left statue); Giuseppe Mazzuloi (right statue) Date: 1684 • This is Monument to Pope Clement X (1670-1676). The left statue is Beneficence and the right is Clemency Artist: Leonardo Reti Date: 1675 • The base relief is of the Holy Door being opened in 1675 • On the floor, in front of the monument, is a stone that marks the tombs of Popes Sixtus IV (1471-1484) and Julius II (1503-1513). They were previously buried in the right aisle in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel but relocated here in 1926. Julius II was instrumental in the building of this new St. Peters basilica. Michelangelo was supposed to make Julius II's tomb with 40 statutes but only the famous Moses, now found in S. Pietro in Vincoli, was ever completed.

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 ▼ Matronea • After the Augustinian nuns were given the church in 1560, the cloistered nuns could follow Mass at the women's galleries (matronea) ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Sacred Heart Chapel Artist: Joseph Peniz and Paul Bril • The painting is St. Francis and the Wolf

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ St. Cajetan of Theine

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Aldobrandini Chapel Artist: Camillo Mariani Date: 1600-1604 • The statue on the left is St. Paul • Below the statue is Bust of a Member of the Aldobrandini Family (1600-1604) by Ippolito Buzi Artist: Attributed to Nicolas Cordier or Michelangelo Date: 1604-1605 • The statue on the right is St. Sebastian

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Crucifix Chapel Artist: Bertel Thorvaldsen Date: 1824 • The work is Funeral Monument of Cardinal Ercole Consalvi • Cardinal Consalvi (1757-1824) was secretary to Pope Pius VII (1800-1823) • The heart of Cardinal Consalvi is contained in the monument although he is buried in S. Marcello. This was his titular church

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Matthew Date: 1711-1715 Artist: Camillo Rusconi • The statue is St. Matthew. As the gospel of Matthew 9:9 and 10:3 identify him as a tax collector, he has a bag of gold under his right foot . • All of the statues in the pillars are of the 12 apostles of Jesus (except St. Paul). These 12 pillars follow Revelation 21:14 which speak of the 12 apostles as the 12 foundations of the new Jerusalem • The dove in the pediment is the heraldic device of the Pamphili. Pope Innocent X (1644-1655), a Pamphili, renovated the nave

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Thomas

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Presbytery

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Tomb of Raphael Artist: Giuseppe Fabris Date: 1833 • The bust is Raphael • Below the bust is the tombstone of Raphael who is buried in this chapel below the main statue

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ ▶ Chapel of Sts. Peter and Paul Artist: Giovanni Baglione • The painting is of Sts. Peter and Paul • Two columns of verde antico marble are on both sides of the painting

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Left Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ St. Therese of Lisieux Chapel • Statue is of St. Therese of Lisieux

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX Artist: Ludwig Seitz Date: 1890 ca. • St. Lawrence is on the left and St. Peter on the right ▶ ◀