Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ Baptistry Artist: Pietro Bernini Date: 1608-1610 • The relief is the Assumption

Anchor 1 ▼ Crucifix Chapel Date: 1404 ca • To the left is a relief of Pope Boneface IX (1389-1404) Artist: Antonio D'Este Date: 1803 • The monument is Tomb of Cardinal Carlo Rezzonico (1799 d) ▲ ◀

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 ▼ ▶ ◀ 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 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