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Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Prebystery Artist: Antonio Sola • The bust is St. Joseph Pignatelli

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Anchor 1 ▼ Portico • These inscriptions refer to various Holy Years when the Holy Doors below were opened ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 Baldachin Artist: Arnolfo di Cambio Date: 1285 • The corner statue is St. Paul with sword • The center inscription notes that the work was commissioned by the Benedictine abbot Bartholomew in 1285 • Above St. Paul is the inscription, "Arnolfo did this work", which is continued above St. Peter, on the opposite side, "with his assistant Pietro." This assistant is likely Pietro di Oderisio • To the right of St. Paul, a smaller St. Paul receives the baldachin from the abbot Bartholomew on the other side of the arch ▶ ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Borghese Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Tomb of Pope Paul V Artist: Nicolas Cordier Date: 1610-1615 • The statue is St. Denis

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ St. Veronica Relic Artist: Bernini Date: 1627 ca. • Each of the four piers are dedicated to an important relic that is housed in the balcony area above each statue. The decorations were designed by Bernini for Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644). Thus Urban's VIII's coat of arms is at the base. The spiral columns are from the altar of old St. Peter's • The relic for this pier is the veil of St. Veronica. The veil is recorded to have been in old St. Peter's around the year 1000. According to the story, St. Veronica miraculously had the imprint of Jesus' face remain on her veil during the passion of Jesus

Anchor 1 ▼ Portico Artist: Ludovico Pogliaghi Date: 1949 • These bronze doors were donated by Pope Pius XII (1939-1958). They mark different events from Mary's life

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Annunication Artist: Pompeo Batoni Date: 1740 ca. • The altarpiece is the Annunication

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Ignatius of Loyola

Anchor 1 ▼ Presbytery Artist: Baciccia Date: 1680-1683 • The fresco is Adoration of the Lamb. This was Baciccia's fourth work in the church ▲

Anchor 1 S. Giovanni a Porta Latina •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of Mary • The statue is of Mary, the mother of Jesus

Anchor 1 ▼ Sacred Heart Chapel Artist: Unknown Date: Modern • The lunette is the Resurrection ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ First Courtyard • The painting is Quattro Coronati • The engraving on the door notes that the St. Sylvester chapel was given to the Sculptors' and Stonecutters' guild in 1570. The chapel was originally built in 1246. The church itself is connect with the five sculptor martyrs of Pannonia whose relics were brought here soon after the Quattro Coronati by Pope Leo IV around 847-855. You can enter this chapel from the second courtyard ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ St. James the Greater Date: 1715-1718 Artist: Camillo Rusconi • The statue is St. James the Greater. His symbol is a staff which refers to the pilgrimage of the Way of St. James in Spain . • 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 ▼ ▲ S. Cesareo de' Appia •

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Joseph in the Holy Land Chapel ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Chapel of Christ's Passion