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Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Vestibule Artist: School of Andrea Bregno Date: 1488 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Agapito and Paolo Rustici • Before this became the vestibule it was the family chapel of the Rustici family

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Aldobrandini Chapel Artist: Giacomo della Porta, Nicolas Cordier Date: 1611 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Silvestro Aldobrandini. Giacomo della Porta designed the statue and Nicolas Cordier executed the work. Silvestro (d. 1558) was the father of Pope Clement VIII • The statue on the left is Force (1611) by Ippolito Buzi • The statue on the right is Prudence (1611) by Ippolito Buzi

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of the Holy Trinity

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Crucifixion Chapel • The painting is St. Paul

Anchor 1 ▼ Clementine Chapel Artist: Andrea Sacchi Date: Mosaic copy • The altarpiece is Miracle of St. Gregory the Great. Pope Gregory I holds a cut cloth from which blood flows. This miracle has happened because the cloth was touched to relics of saints • The original painting of Sacchi is in the Vatican Pinacoteca ◀ ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ Clementine Chapel • Relics of Pope Gregory I (590-604) were placed in the altar in 1606

Anchor 1 S. Maria Maggiore Artist: Carlo Rainaldi Date: 1673 • Pope Clement X (1670-1676) had Rainaldi change the octagonal apse of the rear facade into a semicircular apse Artist: Francesco Fancelli Date: 1672-1673 • On the apse are four statues and a balustrade ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Colonna Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ Papal Throne Artist: Vincenzo Camuccini Date: 1800s • The painting is St. Paul in Ecstasy

Anchor 1 ▼ Triumphal Arch • On the left is St. John the Baptist and, on the right, St. John the Evangelist. Originally dedicated to Christ the Savior in 324, Pope Sergius III (904-911) added John the Baptist and Pope Lucius II (1144-1145) added John the Evangelist Artist: Agostino Ciampelli • In the second triumphal arch are the evangelists. On the left, is St. John the Evangelist and, on the right, St. Matthew. St. Luke and St. Mark are not pictured here but are on the opposite side • In the third triumphal arch are doctors of the church ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Annunication Artist: Pompeo Batoni Date: 1740 ca. • The altarpiece is the Annunication

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Ignatius of Loyola

Anchor 1 ▼ Presbytery Artist: Baciccia Date: 1680-1683 • The fresco is Adoration of the Lamb. This was Baciccia's fourth work in the church ▲

Anchor 1 S. Giovanni a Porta Latina •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of Mary • The statue is of Mary, the mother of Jesus

Anchor 1 ▼ Sacred Heart Chapel Artist: Unknown Date: Modern • The lunette is the Resurrection ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ First Courtyard • The painting is Quattro Coronati • The engraving on the door notes that the St. Sylvester chapel was given to the Sculptors' and Stonecutters' guild in 1570. The chapel was originally built in 1246. The church itself is connect with the five sculptor martyrs of Pannonia whose relics were brought here soon after the Quattro Coronati by Pope Leo IV around 847-855. You can enter this chapel from the second courtyard ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ St. James the Greater Date: 1715-1718 Artist: Camillo Rusconi • The statue is St. James the Greater. His symbol is a staff which refers to the pilgrimage of the Way of St. James in Spain . • 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