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Anchor 1 ▼ Portico Date: 1742-1743 • The relief is Gelasius Burns Heretical Books • Each of the four reliefs in the portico are events related to this church ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Nave Traditional date of Sessorian Palace: 200s Original church: 300s Pope Gregory II restoration: 715-731 Pope Adrian I restoration: 772-795 Pope Benedict VII builds monastery: 983 Pope Lucio II Romanesque renovation: 1144-1145 Pope Benedict XIV renovation: 1740-1758 by Domenico Gregorini; Pietro Passalacqua

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Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Chapel of Pius IX • This is the entrance to the funeral chapel of Pius IX who is buried below • This is the original area of the church that was built by Constantine (306-337) in 330 and rebuilt by Pope Pelagius II (578-590) in 578. Later Pope Honorius III (1216-1227) added the nave area

Anchor 1 ▼ Portico Artist: Paolo and Filippo Date: Early 1200s • The panels recall how St. Lawrence and St. Stephen appeared to a monk, in 1062, who lived in the monastery attached to this basilica

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of Mary Immaculate and Saints Artist: Placido Costanzi • The painting is Mary Immaculate and Saints

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Back Wall • The inscription recalls the work of Pope Paul V (1605-1621) who finished the building St. Peter's in 1614 and his design of the confession area

Anchor 1 Tomb of Gian Lorenzo Bernini • The Latin above reads: "Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who brought honor to art and to the city, here humbly lies" • The coat of arms reads: "The noble Bernini family here awaits the resurrection" • Gian Lorenzo's father Pietro Berini is also buried here. One of Pietro's works is in the baptistry • Gian Lorenzo's son Pierfilippo Bernini was a canon of this church and thus arranged special permission for them to be buried here ▼

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Anchor 1 ▼ Door of Death Artist: Giacomo Manzu Date: 1964 • The panels reference the Death of Pope John XXIII. Pope John XXIII (1958-1963) called the Second Vatican Council but died before its completion on June 3, 1963 ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Main Altar Artist: Francesco Moderati Date: 1717 • The statue is St. Anastasius • St. Anastasius and St. Rasius, the statues on either side of the altar, were Roman martyrs. They are both wearing priestly vestments although little is known of their lives • In 1675 it was determined that of all the bones of the saints that were originally brought to the pagan pantheon to reconsecrate it as a Christian church, only the bones of these saints were identifiable because they were in a unique casket. Pope Clement X (1670-1676) placed them in the main altar and gave these aedicules to honor them

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Anchor 1 ▼ Naro Chapel Artist: Francesco Nappi Date: 1600 ca. • The dome is The Four Prophets among Angels ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ St. John the Baptist Artist: Giuseppe Obici Date: 1858 • The statue is St. John the Baptist. By his baptism of repentance and teaching, St. John the Baptist was preparing the way for Jesus' ministry • This statue was placed here in order to balance out the right side of the altar with the left side's Christ the Risen Redeemer of Michelangelo

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of the Dormition of Our Lady Artist: Giovanni Odazzi; Ignaz Stern • The altarpiece is Assumption with St. Dominic and St. Philip Neri

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Sebastian

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Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Francis Borgia Artist: Pier Francesco Mola • The painting is St. Peter Baptizes Sts. Processus and Martinian ▲ ▶

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