Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Ignatius of Loyola Artist: Various • The seven bronze reliefs within the verde antico altar all represent scenes connected with St. Ignatius. The center scene is St. Peter Appears to St. Ignatius during his Convalescence Artist: Alessandro Algardi • Under the altar, the bronze urn contains the relics of St. Ignatius of Loyola ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Left Transept Artist: Flaminio Vacca • The statue is Moses • The relief above the statue is also by Vacca

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Anchor 1 ▼ Apse Artist: Giovanni da San Giovanni Date: 1621-1623 • The half-dome is Saints in the Glory of Paradise • Cardinal Giovanni Garzia Mellini, titular (1608-1627), was the benefactor for the apse

Anchor 1 ▼ Corsini Chapel • The four pendentives have the four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ St. John Bosco • St. John Bosco lived from 1815-1888

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

Anchor 1 ▼ Scala Santa •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ▲ ◀ Nave

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Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Annunciation Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Maria Maggiore ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Annunciation Chapel • The angels on each side are in the style of Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Sacristy

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Papal Altar Artist: Giovanni di Stefano Date: 1367 ca; 1846-1878 • There is a story that the upper part of this altar is a wood altar that was used by St. Peter and the early popes • The white marble altar was the gift of Pope Urban V (1362-1370) and thus has his coat of arms in the center. It was later refinished by Pope Pius IX (1846-1878)

Anchor 1 ▼ Trinity Altar Date: 1600s • The altarpiece is Eternal Father with St. Peter and St. Paul (St. Peter and St. Paul are below)

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Anchor 1 Baldachin Artist: Arnolfo di Cambio Date: 1285 • The corner statue on the right is St. Timothy and on the left is the Benedictine abbot Bartholomew who commissioned the baldachin. The left statue has sometimes been identified as St. Benedict, founder of the Benedictine order • To the left of St. Timothy is an unidentified figure • To the right of abbot Bartholomew is an unidentified figure ▶ ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Byzantine Doors Artist: Staurachius Date: 1070 From top, left to right: • Moses, Paule beate, Cross • David, Isaiah, Hezekiah • Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel • Elijah, Elisha, Jonah • Obediah, Zephaniah, Eagle

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