Anchor 1 ▼ North Entrance Date: 1500s ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Relics of the Passion • This relic is a nail from the cross • The nail measures 12.5 cm long. Its width is 9 mm near the head and 5 mm near the end ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Vestibule Artist: Isaia da Pisa Date: 1455 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Beato Angelico • Fra Angelico (1387-1455), a Dominican, was one of the great masters of medieval art. He died in the adjoining monastery February 18, 1455 • The Virgin and Child in the Frangipane Chapel is attributed to him and a modern copy of his St. Dominic is found in the Chapel of St. Dominic • Through the hole in the wall can be seen the tombs of the Frangipane chapel ▶

▼ Anchor 1 Courtyard Facade • The ancient vase at the center of the garden is called a cantharus Date: 18th Artist: Ferdinando Fuga • Inscription: "Francesco Acquaviva, Titular Cadinal of St. Cecilia." His coat of arms is in the tympanum • The facade preserves two ancient columns of red granite and two of africano marble • The Romanesque tower is from 1113

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ ▶ St. Therese of Lisieux Chapel • Statue is of St. Therese of Lisieux

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Sebastiano Artist: Unknown Date: 1400s • The tabernacle has the Redeemer and angels Artist: Pope St. Damasus (written) Date: 366-384 (moved from catacombs to church in 1500s) • The inscription is a eulogy on the martyrdom of St. Eutychius. It was written in Latin hexameters by Pope St. Damasus whose name is found at the bottom left

Anchor 1 ▼ Crucifixion Chapel Artist: Unknown Date: 15th • The painting over the altar is a fresco of the Crucifixion

Anchor 1 ▼ Apse Wall ▲ ▶

Anchor 1 Right Aisle ▼

Anchor 1 Crucifixion Chapel ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Naro Chapel • The monuments on the walls are to Naro family members

Anchor 1 Interior • The lower nave was not decorated until 1858-1861 when Prince Alessandro Torlonia (1800-1886) undertook the project • The Torlonia coat of arms and his name is found at the end of the nave. He was the benefactor of the giallo antico pilasters and the Egyptian alabaster around them ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Left Aisle Date: 1300s • These are what is left of old wall paintings ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Chapel of the Annunciation

Anchor 1 ▼ Left Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ Moses Lifting Up the Bronze Serpent Artist: Corrado Giaquinto Date: 1744 • The fresco is Moses Lifting Up the Bronze Serpent

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Lante della Rovere Chapel Artist: Marcello Venusti Date: ca. 1570-1580 • The painting over the altar is St. James the Greater

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Nave • The single nave has two aisles separated by 80 columns of Baveno granite. The T shape of the church gives a good idea of what an early basilica would have been like. Although this has been completely rebuilt after the fire of 1823, it was modeled on the original basilica built by Emperor Theodosius (379-395) • The rebuilding took place from 1831-1854 under the supervision of the architect Luigi Poletti

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Main Door • The pantheon was originally built in 28 BC by Marcus Agrippa • It was restored many times over the centuries. The bronze doors themselves were restored by Pope Pius VI who reigned from 1559-1565 • When the construction of the baldachin at St. Peter's stalled because of lack of bronze, Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) of the Barberini family had the trusses and girders melted down for reuse. This was the cause of the famous saying: "What the barbarians didn't do, the Barberini did." • The floor was renovated by Pope Pius IX in 1846-1878 ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ Sacred Heart Chapel ▶ ◀