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Anchor 1 ▼ Pavement Artist: Giacomo Della Porta; Bernini Date: 1650 • Pope Innocent X (1644-1655) had the pavement completed for the 1650 Holy Year. Thus his seal is found on the floor • Further up the nave is the seal of Pope Pius XI (1922-1939) which also notes the 1933 Holy Year • There are also bronze marks on the floor which note the comparative lengths of 27 famous churches

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Altar of St. Leo the Great Artist: Alessandro Algardi Date: 1646-1653 • The relief is Pope Leo I Meets Attila. This refers to the meeting in 452 of Pope Leo (440-461) and Attila the Hun (406-453). Pope Leo somehow encourages the barbarian Attila to spare Rome. Peter and Paul appear in the scene as spiritual protectors of the city • Pope Leo the Great was the first pope to be buried inside old St. Peter's. Previous popes had all be buried in the catacombs outside Rome's walls. His relics were moved under this altar in 1606

Anchor 1 ▼ Blessed Sacrament Chapel • The angels hold instruments of Jesus' passion ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Left Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Albani Chapel •

Anchor 1 ▼ Tomb of Pius VIII Artist: Pietro Tenerani Date: 1853-1866 • These neoclassical statues include Jesus in the center with arms open to Pope Pius VIII (1829-1830. Peter is on the left and Paul is on the right

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of Our Lady della Strada Artist: Valeriano and Scipione Pulzone • The painting is the Assumption of Mary

Anchor 1 Chapel of St. Dominic • ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ North Entrance Date: 1500s ▲ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Gregorian Chapel ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ North Entrance Date: 1500s ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Barbara ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas Artist: Pirro Ligorio, Giacomo and Tommaso Cassignola Date: 1566 • This is the Funeral Monument of Paul IV. Pope Paul IV was Giampietro Carafa the nephew of Oliviero Carafa the patron of the chapel. Oliviero was to be buried in the funeral cella but was instead buried in Naples • Giorgio Vasari relates that Lippi's fresco on the struggle of virtue and vice was destroyed to make room for this monument • The columns on the sides of the tomb are verde antico • Two reclining statues that were part of this monument can be found near St. Catherine of Siena's Room through the Sacristy ▼

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Oratorio di S. Giovanni in Oleo • ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Sacred Heart Chapel Artist: Joseph Peniz and Paul Bril • The painting is Friar Sees St. Francis Ascending

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Portico

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ St. Benedict Chapel Artist: Luigi Poletti Date: 1800s • After the fire, this chapel was redesigned by Poletti to recall the cella of a Greco-Roman temple. The grey columns are ancient columns from Veio. In the original basilica, this space was the entrance passage from the Via Ostiense Artist: Pietro Tenerari Date: 1800s • The statue is St. Benedict. He is the founder of the Benedictine order

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Entrance

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Sebastiano • The painting is of Pope St. John Paul II