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 ▲ ▶

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 St. Dominic • ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Right Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Fresco Date: Late 500s • The remains of a fresco from the church of Pope Pelagius II (578-590) that was found during the mid-1800s renovations. Pelagius's church is where the altar is currently located. The current nave, where the fresco is now, was a later addition of Pope Honorius III (1216-1227).

Anchor 1 ▼ Central Bronze Doors Artist: Filarate (Antonio Arevulino) Date: 1433-1445 • The panel is Life and Martyrdom of St. Paul. Filarate's signature can be seen above this left panel • These doors were originally used at old St. Peter's by the gift of Pope Eugenius IV (1431-1447). They were cast in Florence ▲ ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Bronze Doors Date: Around 29 BC • These doors come from the Roman Forum and were originally of the Curia building which housed the Roman senate. Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667) moved them here in 1660. He added the bronze strips on which his heraldic device, a star, can be seen

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Gregorian Portico • As part of the rebuilding project after the fire, Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846) asked the main architect Luigi Poletti to make a portico. It was thus named after Pope Gregory • The 12 columns used in the design were part of the original basilica before the fire. One of the columns has an inscription from the original consecration in 390 by Pope Siricius

Anchor 1 ▼ Baptistry Artist: Giuseppe Spagna Date: 1825 ca. • The porphyry font was donated by Pope Leo XII (1823-1829) and moved here in 1825 ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ St. Lawrence Chapel Artist: Arturo Viligiardi Date: 1900s • The lunettes on the side walls are from the life of St. Lawrence Artist: Guglielmo Calderini; Monteneri of Perugia Date: 1928 • Calderini designed and Monteneri executed the inlaid choir stalls. The Benedictine monks use this space to celebrate Mass

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX ▲ ▶

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Main Altar • ▼