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Anchor 1 ▼ Sacristy and Treasury

Anchor 1 ▼ Albani Chapel ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Scala Santa •

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Francis Xavier

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Giustiniani Chapel Artist: Roman school Date: 1600 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Giuseppe Giustiniani

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Andrew the Apostle Artist: Agostino Ciampelli • The altarpiece is St. Andrew Greets His Cross

Anchor 1 ▼ Baptistry ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Back Wall • This is a baptismal font

Anchor 1 ▼ Interior

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Vault Artist: School of Bernini • The relief is Christ Entrusts His Flock to Peter

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 ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ St. John Date: 1705-1711 Artist: Camillo Rusconi • The statue is St. John. The symbol of St. John is the eagle as the gospel of St. John is written from a divine perspective . • All of the statues in the pillars are of the 12 apostles of Jesus (except St. Paul). These 12 pillars follow Revelation 21:14 which speak of the 12 apostles as the 12 foundations of the new Jerusalem • The dove in the pediment is the heraldic device of the Pamphili. Pope Innocent X (1644-1655), a Pamphili, renovated the nave

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Baldachin Date: 1700s • The baldachin over the altar has four columns that are remnants of the old basilica called the Sessorian Palace which was the residence of St. Helen (246-330 ca)

Anchor 1 ▼ North Entrance

Anchor 1 ▼ Nave Date: 431-440 • The mosaics date mostly from Pope Sixtus III (432-440) • The mosaics on the right are Old Testament events of Moses and Joshua Artist: Giovanni Battista Ricci; Baldassarre Croce; others Date: 1593 • The 22 paintings are New Testament events mostly of Mary ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Cyriaca ▲ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Helen Artist: Niccolo Circignani Date: 1590 ca • The center is Scene from the Life of St. Helen • The lunettes are Allegorical Representation of Virtues ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Cesi Chapel Artist: Luigi Gentile • The painting is St. Catherine of Alexandria Victorious over the Wheel

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Sebastian Altar