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Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Chapel of the Dormition of Our Lady Artist: Antonio Montauti Date: 1734 • The statue is the Pieta

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas Artist: Filippino Lippi Date: 1489-1492 • The fresco is the Assumption of the Virgin. The apostles open Mary's tomb (see below) and she is raised to heaven by God • The angels' military band instruments indicate Carafa's naval conquests. From top- right, they hold a cornamuse, triangle, drum, three torches, harp, trumpet, and drum • To the right and left of Mary, the two thuribles are based on those of Sandro Botticelli in the Sistine chapel ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Helen Artist: Niccolo Circignani Date: 1590 ca • The center is Scene from the Life of St. Helen • The lunettes are Allegorical Representation of Virtues ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of the Relics of the Passion • The doorway leads to the Chapel of the Relics of the Passion

Anchor 1 ▼ Medallion Date: 1700s • The medallion is Angel with the Seamless Robe of Jesus. Each of the four medallions in the nave have a relic of the passion of Jesus

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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

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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 ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas • The entry arch has an inscription dedicating this chapel to the Virgin of the Annunciation and St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) • The chapel was built by the Dominican Cardinal Oliviero Carafa (1430-1511) who commissioned Filippino Lippi to make the frescoes. This is Lippi's only work in Rome • The Dominican St. Thomas Aquinas has been declared a doctor of the Church and continues to be one of the most influential theologians in the history of the Catholic church ▲ ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Chapel of Our Lady della Strada • This is a reliquary

Anchor 1 ▼ Pavement Date: 1100s • The cosmatesque pavement is one of the few remnants the basilica as it was under Pope Lucius II (1144-1145)

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Chapel of the Presentation

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Sforza Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of Our Lady della Strada Artist: Valeriano and Scipione Pulzone • The painting is the Birth of Mary