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Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Tomb of Cardinal Niccolò Fortiguerra Titular: 1460-1473 Artist: Mino de Fiesole • The tomb was once found in another place in the church, destroyed, and in 1891 reassembled in its present location.

Anchor 1 ▼ Tomb of Vittorio Emanuele II Artist: Manfredo Manfredi Date: 1888 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II. Vittorio Emanuele (1820-1878) was the first king of Italy. He reigned from 1861-1878

▼ ▶ Anchor 1 Ponziani Chapel Artist: Attributed to Antonio da Viterbo Date: 16th century • This fresco is of St. Sebastian

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Chapel of St. Ignatius of Loyola Artist: Angelo De Rossi • The relief is Pope Paul III Approves the Society of Jesus

Anchor 1 ▼ Main Altar Artist: Guillaume Courtois Date: 1668 • The painting over the altar is the Martyrdom of St. Andrew • St. Andrew was an apostle of Jesus who is tradionally said to have been crucified on an X shaped cross • The frame for the painting is cottanello marble on a mosaic background

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Dominic •

Anchor 1 ▼ Main Altar Artist: Fuga Date: 1747 • The relics of St. Matthew and other martyrs are in the altar • Fuga reused the four porphyry pillars of the earlier baldacin of Mino del Reame (1474 ca.) • The coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758), who was responsible for the renovations, are at the base of the pillars Artist: Giuseppe Valadier Date: 1823 • Added the bronze palm branches to the baldacin pillars

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. 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

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Anchor 1 Crucifixion Chapel ▲ ▶ ◀

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