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Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Hilary of Poitiers Date: 1302 ca • The monument is Tomb of Cardinal Pietro Duraguerra (1302 d) ◀

▼ Anchor 1 Tomb of Charles Emmanuel IV

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ Grazioli Lante della Rovere Chapel ▶ ◀

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Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Tomb of Gregory XIV

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Dominic Artist: Paolo de Matteis Date: 1723-1726 • The outer painting is The Madonna Offering the Icon with St. Domininc between St. Catherine and St. Mary Magdalene Artist: Angelico Date: Modern copy The painting in the center of the other painting is St. Dominic

Anchor 1 ▼ North Entrance

Anchor 1 ▼ Gregorian Room • Almost all of the original apse mosaic of 1220, in the main church, has been removed due to the 1747 renovation and later fire. Parts of the original work can be found in this room • There are also many fragments from the basilica before the fire • The side entrance here connects with the Ostian Way. Although this is convenient, the best experience is to enter through the atrium ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Pieta Artist: Giovanni Lanfranco • The fresco is Triumph of the Cross. This is the only remaining fresco in all of St. Peters • The theme of the cross is because, before the pieta statue was placed here, there was a wooden crucifix in this chapel which was attributed to Pietro Cavallini. This crucifix is now located in the small chapel just to the left under the Monument of Leo XII ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Tomb of Pope Leo XIII Artist: Giulio Tadolini Date: 1907 • The monument is Tomb of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1893). The statue on the left of a Laborer refers to his encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891) which began modern Catholic Social Teaching. The statue on the right is Religion • The door below leads to the sacristy. In the passageway are the tombs of Cavalier d'Arpino (1568-1640) and Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661)

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of the Relics

Anchor 1 S. Maria Maggiore • S. Maria Maggiore is a classic example of the basilica in Rome. There is a nave with two parallel aisles on each side. Of the 40 columns, 4 are granite and 36 are bianco greco marble • The cosmatesque floor is from Pope Eugenius III (1145-1153) ▲ ▶ ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ North Entrance Artist: Domenico Fontana Date: 1586 • Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590) had the portico and loggia built

Anchor 1 ▲ S. Giovanni a Porta Latina • ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ St. Processus and St. Martinian • The right oval is St. Joaquina de Vedruna. St. Joaquina (1783-1854) established the Carmelite Sisters of Charity

Anchor 1 Baldichin Artist: Barna da Siena Date: 1369 • The frescoes are of saints • There is a story that, behind the grille above, are the heads of St. Paul and St. Peter • Three of the columns of the baldachin are of granite and one is of marble ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Madonna of the Clemency Chapel Artist: Unknown Date: 1750 ca. • The painting is Emperor Phocas Gives the Pantheon to Pope Boniface IV ◀ ▲

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Baptistry

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