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Anchor 1 ▼ Left Transept Artist: Bernardino Cesari Date: Late 1500s • On the lower right is Constantine's Victory. All of the lower frescoes in both transepts tell the history of St. John Lateran and Constantine. The story begins here on the right and moves to the left Artist: Cesare Nebbia Date: Late 1500s • At the lower left is Constantine Dreams of St. Peter and St. Paul ▶

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Presbytery and Choir Artist: Bernardino Riccardi, Giuseppe Bertini Date: 1800s • The stained-glass windows were designed by Riccardi and executed by Bertini ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Gregory the Great Date: 1600s • The altar monument is the Pieta

Anchor 1 ▼ Dome Artist: Michelangelo Date: 1546-1564 • Among others, Michelangelo became the chief architect of St. Peter's. He followed the plan Bramante had laid out but added this dome

Anchor 1 ▼ Gregorian Room Artist: Unknown Date: 1500s • This fresco is of Mary with the child Jesus and saints ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Giovanni a Porta Latina •

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 ▲ ▶ ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Ignatius Rooms • This was the room of the attendant who helped St. Ignatius

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Sebastiano • ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Back Wall • The inscription recalls the work of Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) who consecrated St. Peter's on November 18, 1626, funded the baldachin, and built the four confessional piers

Anchor 1 ▼ St. John of God • St. John of God lived from 1495-1550

Anchor 1 ▼ Door of Evil and Good Artist: Luciano Minguzzi Date: 1970-1977 • The panel is the Martyrdom of Vitalis and Agricola. In the early Church Vitalis was the slave of Agricola but they were friends and Christians. In the coming persecution they were martyred in Bologna around 304. The idea is that in death master and slave are equal • Of the Door of Evil and Good, this left side is on evil

Anchor 1 ▼ Holy Family Chapel Artist: Giovanni Francesco Romanelli • The painting is Presentation in the Temple ▲ ▶