Anchor 1 ▼ Vault Artist: Antonio Raggi and Leonardo Reti Date: Around 1676 • Raggi and Reti followed Baciccia's designs for the stucco work, coffers, putti, and allegorical figures • Above the side chapels are panels with cherub heads, fruit, and flowers ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 Chapel of St. Barbara • The damaged paintings are of events in the life of St. Barbara ▲ ▶ ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ S. Saba •

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Helen • The majolica tile records the restorations made to this church by Cardinal Bernardino Carvajal (1522 d) ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Atrium • The columns on the south side are of Montofarno granite. There are 150 total columns throughout the atrium • On the wall, behind the columns, are various Christian symbols ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 Main Altar Date: 1111 ca. • The marble frontal was originally used to touch objects to the relics of the Quattro Coronati and five sculptors of Pannonia. The Marian image now covers the opening • The left inscription recalls Pope Leo IV's (847-855) transfer of the relics of the Quattro Coronati and the five sculptors of Pannonia from the Via Labicana • The right inscription recalls Pope Paschal II's (1099-1118) verification of the relics in the crypt. He rebuilt the church around 1111 ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ Presbytery Date: 1254 • This is a marble bench ending in a half lion

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ ▶ Bust of Clement XI Artist: Giuseppe Mazzuoli • Clement XI was Pope from 1700-1721

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Grazioli Lante della Rovere Chapel Artist: Roman school Date: 1494 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Benedetto Maffei

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Francis Xavier • The statues are St. Francis Xavier Taken into Heaven ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ◀ St. Ignatius Rooms • When the new building was being constructed in 1599-1623, the Jesuits were careful to preserve the original rooms where St. Ignatius lived and died. • In 1605 the rooms were made into chapels. Gradually they were embellished over the years. • In 1991 the rooms were restored to their original state.

Anchor 1 ◀ Presbytery and Choir Artist: Giuseppe Fontana, Francesco Retrosi, Camillo Ceccarini, Francesco Podesti Date: ca. 1857 • The main altar was designed by Fontana in the neo-Gothic style. Podesti painted the Four Cardinal Virtues and the Heads of Angels on the front of the altar • The patron Alessandro de' Medici had the Gothic choir altered in 1536-1540 by Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane to create space for the two tombs of the Medici Popes. In the 1600s the choir was again altered by Giovanni Fontana and then Carlo Maderno. These Baroque additions were later removed in the 1848-1855 with the neo-Gothic renovation ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ Main Altar Artist: Cardinal Francesco Barberini Date: 1676 • The main altar was renovated using materials from the catacombs and another altar Artist: Nicolas Cordier Date: 1600 ca. • The busts are St. Peter (left) and St. Paul (right)

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ St. Francis of Assisi • St. Francis of Assisi lived from 1181-1226 • Below the statue is an inscription which records the event of the proclamation of the Immaculate Conception of Mary by Pope Pius IX (1792-1878) on December 8, 1854. There are also three other inscriptions which contain the names of the clergy who were present

Anchor 1 ▼ Portico Artist: Ludovico Pogliaghi Date: 1949 • These bronze doors were donated by Pope Pius XII (1939-1958). They mark different events from Mary's life ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Door of Evil and Good

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Inscription on Ecumenism • The inscription is in Latin and Greek to represent the languages of Catholic and Orthodox • The top inscription notes the meeting of Catholic Pope Paul VI (1963-1978) and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I (1886-1972) on October 26, 1967 • The bottom inscription notes the meeting of Catholic Pope John Paul II (1978-2005) and Orthodox Patriarch Dimitrios I (1914-1991) on December 6, 1987

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ St. Luke Artist: Giovanni De Vecchi • The medallion is St. Luke • The medallion diameter is 29 feet Artist: Cristoforo Roncalli • Outside of the medallion are Angels • The Latin inscription above reads: "You are Peter and on this rock I will build my church. I will entrust to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven" (Mt 16:18)

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Christ's Passion Artist: Giuseppe Valeriano and Gaspare Celio • The painting is Way to Calvary ▲ ▶ ◀