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 ▼ 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 ▼ ▲ Chapel of St. Gregory the Great • The coat of arms is of Cardinal Carvajal who built the chapel around 1520 ca

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Baptistery Artist: Giacomo Manzu Date: 1964 • This is the backside of the Door of Death

Anchor 1 ▼ Porphyry Disk • This porphyry disk was previously located in old St. Peter's before the main altar • In the year 800 on Christmas, Pope Leo III (795-816) anointed Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor. Around 20 emperors have been crowned on this disk

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Helen • The majolica tile records the restorations made to this church by Cardinal Bernardino Carvajal (1522 d)

Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium • ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of the Crucifix

Anchor 1 ▼ Frangipane Chapel Artist: Attributed to Benozzo Gozzoli or Fra Angelico Date: 1449 • The central painting is Madonna and Child. It was originally located in the Chapel of St. Hyacinth from 1449 and then in the Capranica Chapel from 1579 Artist: Francesco Parone Date: 1620-1634 • The painting on the right is St. Francis of Rome and an Angel Artist: Francesco Parone Date: 1620-1634 • The painting on the left is St. Francis of Assisi ▲ ▶ ◀ ▼