Anchor 1 ▼ Portico Date: 1700s • These upper reliefs are all scenes from the life of John the Baptist ◀

Anchor 1 ▶ S. Sebastiano •

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Portico • Pope Clement XII (1730-1740) commissioned the portico and facade which was completed in 1735

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Teresa of Jesus • St. Teresa of Jesus lived from 1515-1582

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ North Entrance

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Chapel of Sts. Peter and Paul Artist: Giovanni Baglione • The painting is of Sts. Peter and Paul • Two columns of verde antico marble are on both sides of the painting

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 ▼ ▶ ◀ Blessed Sacrament Chapel

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Naro Chapel • This chapel was originally dedicated to St. John the Baptist in the late 1400s by Giovanni Tornabuoni of Florence. The sculptures and frescoes of Ghirlandaio were removed or destroyed when the chapel was given to the Naro family in 1588. The Naro family however did continue the theme of St. John the Baptist • Ghirlandaio's putti statues can be found elsewhere in this church on each side of the entrance arches of the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas and of the Chapel of St. Dominic • Facing opposite of the chapel, on the interior of the left pillar, is Funeral Monument of Raffaele Fabretti (1700) by Camillo Rusconi ▼

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

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Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Main Altar Artist: Innocenzo Tacconi Date: • The painting is the Crucifixion Artist: Cardinal Francesco Barberini Date: 1676 • The main altar was renovated using materials from the catacombs and another altar Artist: Nicolas Cordier Date: 1600 ca. • The busts are St. Peter (left) and St. Paul (right) ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Left Transept • The coat of arms in the ceiling is of Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605). Pope Clement VIII who was the benefactor for the renovations in the transept • The statue in the ceiling of the left transept is St. John the Baptist. Next to it, not pictured here, is a large bust of St. Paul

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Madonna of the Clemency Chapel