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Anchor 1 ▼ Portico Artist: Paolo and Filippo Date: Early 1200s • The panels recall scenes in the life of the deacon St. Lawrence. The story of St. Lawrence can be found in the Liber Peristephanon dated around 400

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Francis Borgia ▲ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX Artist: Ludwig Seitz Date: 1890 ca. • The various coat of arms are of dioceses and institutes that contributed to the chapel ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ ▶ St. Therese of Lisieux Chapel Date: 12th century • Painting fragment is Paschal I is Encouraged to Continue Searching for the Body of St. Cecilia • This painting, originally under the portico, was moved here in 1785

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Chapel of St. Raymond of Penafort

Anchor 1 ▼ Capranica Chapel Artist: Marcello Venusti Date: 1573-1579 • In the panels are Mysteries of the Rosary • The right panel of The Crowning with Thorns (1600s) was repainted on the Venusti design by Carlo Saraceni ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 Tomb of Cardinal Girolamo Casante Artist: Pierre Le Gros Date: 1707 • The lower statue is Tomb of Cardinal Girolamo Casante. Cardinal Casante (1620-1700) was the founder of a Roman library ▶ ◀

▼ Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Dome Artist: Antonio Raggi Date: 1662-1665 • There are twenty-eight stucco cherub heads in the lantern • The dome is a collection of gilded hexagonal coffers which gradually diminish in size. The hexagonal coffers house different kinds of flowers

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Vincent de Paul • St. Vincent de Paul lived from 1581-1660

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ St. Catherine of Siena's Room Artist: Pirro Ligorio, Giacomo and Tommaso Cassignola Date: 1566 • One of the two statues in this room that is a part of the Funeral Monument of Paul IV. Pope Paul IV was Giampietro Carafa the nephew of Oliviero Carafa the patron of the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas. The rest of the tomb can still be found in that chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ Left Aisle ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Presbytery • This is the original area of the church that was built by Constantine (306-337) in 330 and rebuilt by Pope Pelagius II (578-590) in 578. Later Pope Honorius III (1216-1227) added the nave area • The raised pavement was added in 1254 after the renovations of Pope Honorius III. However, the pavement itself is from the 800s as it was reused Artist: Sons of Paolo; Donated by Abbot Hugh Date: 1148 • The altar has columns of porphyry with a white marble baldachin

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ St. John Baptist de La Salle • St. John Baptist de La Salle lived from 1651-1719

Anchor 1 ▼ Door of the Sacraments Artist: Venanzo Crocetti Date: 1965 • The top panel is Angel Proclaims the Grace of the Sacraments that Unites Humankind • The bottom panel is the Sacrament of Baptism

Anchor 1 Aisle • The chronological sequence of Pope mosaics ends here with Pope Benedict XVI (although he is no longer the current Pope). Throughout the church, there are about 26 spaces remaining. After the fire, only 42 of these portraits remained and they are found in the museum. Pope Pius IV had them all remade starting in 1847 ▲ ▶ ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 Annunciation Altar ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ St. John of God

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Chapel of St. Sebastian Artist: Francesco Messina Date: 1964 • The statue is Monument to Pius XII. Pope Pius XII's (1939-1958) tomb is found in the grottoes

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Chapel of St. Ignatius of Loyola Artist: Jean-Baptiste Theodon Date: 1702 • The statues are Faith Triumphs over Idolatry. Note how the barbarian king kneels in front of faith

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Chapel of St. Sebastian Artist: Francesco Messina Date: 1940 • The statue is Monument to Pius XI. Pope Pius XI's (1922-1939) tomb is found in the grottoes