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

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Ceiling Artist: Corrado Giaquinto Date: 1744 • The carved wood ceiling is St. Helen in Glory. • The coat of arms, not pictured here, is of Pope Benedict XIV

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Dominic •

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Altar of St. Jerome ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ All Saints Chapel Artist: Carlo Maratti Date: 1671 • The painting over the altar is St. Peter Presents Five Blessed Ones to the Virgin • The five blessed ones in the painting are those saints canonized in 1671 by Pope Clement X: St. Louis Bertrand, St. Rose of Lima, St. Filippo Benizzi, St. Francesco Borgia, and St. Gaetano Thiene. St Louis and St. Rose were also Dominicans

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Helen ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Left Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX Artist: Ludwig Seitz Date: 1890 ca. • The various coat of arms are of dioceses and institutes that contributed to the chapel ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Baldachin Artist: Arnolfo di Cambio Date: 1285 • The corner statue is the Benedictine abbot Bartholomew who commissioned the baldachin. The statue has sometimes been identified as St. Benedict, founder of the Benedictine order

Anchor 1 ▼ Back ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Ananias and Sapphira Artist: Cristoforo Roncalli Date: Mosaic copy • In the story of Acts of the Apostles 5:1-10, Ananias and Sapphira lie to the church and are struck down in death • Ananias' body is being removed in the top right background, while Sapphira dies in the foreground

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Pier

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Christ's Passion Artist: Pietro Gagliardi • The altarpiece (not displayed) is Our Lady with Jesuit Saints ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Interior

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

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Nave

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Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Tomb of Gregory XIV Artist: Prospero Bresciano • The statue on the right is Justice

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Tomb of Pope Clement VIII Artist: Ambrogio Buonvicino Date: 1610-1614 • The relief is Papal Victory over the Ferrara Insurgents

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Door of the Sacraments Artist: Venanzo Crocetti Date: 1965 • The top panel is the Sacrament of Marriage • The bottom panel is the Sacrament of Eucharist