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Anchor 1 Calidarium • ▶ ◀

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 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

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Clementine Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Far Right Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ Life of St. Paul From left to right: Artist: Francesco Grandi Date: 1857-1860 • Paul Speaking to the Rioters Artist: Natale Carta Date: 1857-1860 • Paul Declaring Himself a Roman Citizen Artist: Domenico Bartolini Date: 1857-1860 • Vision to Paul in Jerusalem • These chronologically ordered scenes from the life of St. Paul were intended by Pope Pius IX to replace the Cavallini works destroyed by the fire ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ S. Sebastiano

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Tomb of Guglielme Fieschi

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Francis Borgia

Anchor 1 ▼ Nave Artist: Alessandro Algardi (design) Date: 1650 • The relief on the left is the Resurrection of Jesus. This story is found in the Bible in Matthew 28:1-8, Mark 16:1-8, Luke 24:1-12, and John 20:1-13. Similar to Jonah escaping the whale, Jesus escapes death for life • The prophet in the upper center is Nahum ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of the Relics of the Passion Artist: Florestano Di Fausto Date: 1929-1931 • The Chapel of the Relics of the Passion is located above the Chapel of St. Gregory the Great

Anchor 1 Arch Mosaic Artist: Pietro Cavallini Date: 1316-1334 • Before the fire, this arch mosaic was originally on the church's facade • The mosaic has Pope John XXII. It was Pope John XXII that commissioned the mosaic. To the left of Pope John XXII is an eagle which is the symbol of the evangelist John. The symbol of Matthew is on the other side of this arch. The symbols of the other two evangelists, Luke and Mark, are on the back side of the triumphal arch ▶ ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Baptistry Artist: Passignano • Through the door is the sacristy. The vault has Coronation of the Virgin. The lunettes have events in Mary's life

▼ Anchor 1 Tomb of Charles Emmanuel IV

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ Grazioli Lante della Rovere Chapel ▶ ◀

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