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Anchor 1 Crucifixion Chapel ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Naro Chapel • The monuments on the walls are to Naro family members

Anchor 1 Interior • The lower nave was not decorated until 1858-1861 when Prince Alessandro Torlonia (1800-1886) undertook the project • The Torlonia coat of arms and his name is found at the end of the nave. He was the benefactor of the giallo antico pilasters and the Egyptian alabaster around them ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Left Aisle Date: 1300s • These are what is left of old wall paintings ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Chapel of the Annunciation

Anchor 1 ▼ Left Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ Moses Lifting Up the Bronze Serpent Artist: Corrado Giaquinto Date: 1744 • The fresco is Moses Lifting Up the Bronze Serpent

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Lante della Rovere Chapel Artist: Marcello Venusti Date: ca. 1570-1580 • The painting over the altar is St. James the Greater

▼ Anchor 1 Entrance Date: 1725 Artist: Ferdinando Fuga • The entrance and facade were commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona (1665-1725) who was titualar from 1709-1724

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Capranica Chapel Artist: Andrea Bregno Date: 1466 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Cardinal Domenico Capranica • Cardinal Domenico Capranica (1400-1458) was a descendant of the Capranica family who were the patrons of this chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ Left Transept • The Latin inscription at the top of the left transept reads: "Three times Jesus says to you , Peter, 'Do you love me?' You answer, O chosen Peter, saying, 'Lord, you know everything. You well know that I love you." This is based on John 21:15-17 ▲ ▶ ◀

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Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX Artist: Ludwig Seitz Date: 1890 ca. • St. Paul is on the left and St. Stephen on the right ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Presbytery

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Sebastiano • ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Joseph in the Holy Land Chapel • The tomb on the left is Funeral Monument of Bartolomeo Baronino. Baronino (1511-1554) was an architect • The tomb in the center is Funeral Monument of Perin del Vaga. Perin (1500-1547) was an assistant to Raphael who is buried in the next chapel to the right • The tomb on the right is Funeral Monument of Taddeo Zuccari. Zuccari lived from 1529-1566 ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Raymond of Penafort Artist: Attributed to Nicola Magnj Date: 1600s • The painting over the altar is St. Paul and St. Raymond of Penafort. • The altar is polychrome marbles covered with tarsias • St. Raymond of Penafort (1180-1275) was the third master general of the Dominican order

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Entrance

Anchor 1 ▼ Life of St. Paul • A chronological sequence of Pope mosaics begins here with St. Peter. 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 Scenes from the Life of St. Paul from left to right: Artist: Nicola Consoni Date: 1857-1860 • Paul Cures the Father of Publius Artist: Carlo Gavardini Date: 1857-1860 • Paul Meets Rome's Christians • Paul in Rome • 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 ▶ ◀