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Anchor 1 ▼ Sacristy Artist: Giovanni Battista Speranza Date: Early 1600s • The painting is Conclave for the Election of Eugene IV . This Sacristy was the site of two Papal conclaves. Cardinals elected Pope Eugenius IV on March 3, 1431 and Pope Nicholas V on March 6, 1447 • The lunette is St. Paul the Martyr Attacked by the Manicheans (Early 1600s) by Roman school ▲

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 ▼ ▲ 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 ▼ ▶ ◀ Far Left Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ Model • This is a model of the basilica as started by Emperor Theodosius and completed by Emperor Honorius in 395. It was embellished over the years until the fire in 1823. The model displays how it looked before the fire ▶