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Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Niches Artist: Allegretti; Fabi-Altini; Gallori; Maccagnani Date: 1882 • This statue is of the apostle St. Bartholomew • The statues of the ten apostles that are found in the niches were created by various artists. The statues of Peter and Paul are under the main arch

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Pier

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 ▼ St. Simon Date: 1704-1709 Artist: Francesco Moratti • The statue is St. Simon the Zealot. His symbol here is a saw as later stories have him martyred by being sawn in two . • All of the statues in the pillars are of the 12 apostles of Jesus (except St. Paul). These 12 pillars follow Revelation 21:14 which speak of the 12 apostles as the 12 foundations of the new Jerusalem • The dove in the pediment is the heraldic device of the Pamphili. Pope Innocent X (1644-1655), a Pamphili, renovated the nave

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Leo the Great Artist: Sebastiano Ceccarini Date: 1750 • The altarpiece is Vision of St. Leo the Great

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Ceiling Date: 1580 • The coat of arms in the carved wood ceiling is of Cardinal Henry of Portugal (1512-1580). He was the king of Portugal (1578-1880) and titular of this church (1547-1580)

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of Pius IX

Anchor 1 ▼ Main Altar Artist: Alessandro Specchi Date: Early 1700s • The main altar is from a drawing by Specchi ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Chapel of the Passion Artist: Giacinto Brandi Date: 1682 • This painting is Christ Meets Veronica • After Jesus is sentenced to die, he is forced to carry a cross through Jerusalem to a hill outside the city. Traditionally, he meets Veronica who, out of pity, wipes his face with her veil. Miraculously, Jesus' face is imprinted on the veil • The relic today is preserved in St. Peter's basilica

Anchor 1 ▼ Apse Wall Artist: Jacopo Sansovino Date: 1536 • The center has Tomb of Cardinal Francisco Quinones (1540 d). There is a tabernacle in the center with a statue of Solomon on the left and David on the right • To the left is Tomb of Cardinal Carvajal (1522 d). Carvajal commissioned the fresco in the apse above and is pictured in it next to St. Helen ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Pius V • The plaque reads St. Vittoria Martyr ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of Pius IX

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Second Courtyard • This courtyard was originally part of the interior of Pope Leo IV's (847-855) church. After damage in the sack of Rome by the Normans (1084), Pope Paschal II (1099-1118) reconstructed it as a smaller church in 1111 • The entrance to the second courtyard is the location of the original entrance to Pope Leo IV's church • The decorations in the portico and the 5 pillars in the right wall were part of Pope Leo IV's church

Anchor 1 ▼ Colonna Chapel Artist: Lazzaro Baldi Date: 1671 • The painting is Appearance of Christ to St. Rose of Lima ▲ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Our Lady of the Assumption Altar Artist: Unknown Date: 1800s • After the fire, Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (1796-1855) donated the malachite and lapis lazuli to assist with the rebuilding • The malachite is the green stone and the lapis lazuli is the blue stone ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Cupola • ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Right Aisle • This was probably the original location of the Oratory of the Manger, which held the relics of Jesus' manger, made by Arnolfo di Cambio around 1289. The Oratory was completely moved into the Sistine Chapel confession in 1587. The manger relics were moved again in 1864 into the present location in the confession in front of the main altar ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Corsini Chapel Artist: Giovanni Battista Maini • The monument is Tomb of Pope Clement XII (1730-1740) • The porphyry urn originally held the ashes of consul Marcus Agrippa (63-12 BC) in the Pantheon. Agrippa was the son-in-law of Emperor Augustus (27-14 BC)

Anchor 1 Baldachin Artist: Arnolfo di Cambio Date: 1285 • The corner statue on the right is St. Paul and on the left is St. Timothy • To the left of St. Paul is the Creation of Adam from Genesis • To the right of St. Timothy is Eve talking with the serpent from Genesis ▶ ◀