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  • GL - FR Presb (R aisle) | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Right Aisle

  • Trinity - RR | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Chapel of Holy Trinity

  • GL - 20 Lancelotti L Pic | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Lancelotti Chapel • The painting is Jesus with St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist

  • Portico - Sacraments Frame | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Door of the Sacraments

  • Pius VII - Statues | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ Tomb of Pius VII Artist: Bertel Thorvaldsen • The monument, in the center, has Pius VII (1800-1823) offering a blessing. The left statue is Fortitude and the right statue is Wisdom • Thorvaldsen's figures seem stiff in contrast with the baroque surroundings. Thorvaldsen's work is the only non-Catholic art found in this church

  • Nicholas VI - Main | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ Monument of Pope Nicholas IV Artist: D. Fontana (design); Sormani (Religion on left, Pope, Justice on right) Date: 1574 • When the remains of Pope Nicholas IV were found near the main altar in 1572 this monument was created for him. It was originally located near the main altar but later moved here in 1746 by Fuga ▶

  • Portico - B Giotto | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ Vault Artist: Giotto Date: 1298 ca • The mosaic is Navicella. This recounts the gospel story of Jesus walking on water and Peter, stepping out after him, loses faith and begins to sink (Mt 14:22-34) • In the bottom right corner by Jesus' feet is the benefactor for the mosaic Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi (1270-1341) • The mosaic was originally in old St. Peter's in the quadriporticus ▲ ▶ ◀

  • St. Nick - Main | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ St. Nicholas of Bari Aedicule

  • GL - 04 Torlonia R | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Torlonia Chapel Artist: Giuseppe Barba Date: 1829 ca. • The monument is Tomb of Prince Giovanni Torlonia (1775-1829)

  • PandM - Ceiling | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ St. Processus and St. Martinian ▶ ◀

  • Tomb - Bald BL | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 Baldachin Artist: Arnolfo di Cambio Date: 1285 • The corner statue is St. Peter with keys • The center inscription notes that the work was commissioned by the Benedictine abbot Bartholomew in 1285 • Above St. Paul, on the opposite side, is the inscription, "Arnolfo did this work", which is continued above St. Peter, "with his assistant Pietro." This assistant is likely Pietro di Oderisio • To the left of St. Peter, abbot Bartholomew offers the baldachin to St. Paul on the other side of the arch ▶ ◀ ▼

  • GL - Main Interior | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ Nave Artist: Francesco Borromini Date: 1646-1649 • Although the church is much older, the nave you see today is that designed by Borromini at the request of Pope Innocent X (1644-1655) • Five of the ecumenical councils of history (1123, 1139, 1179, 1215, 1512) were held here or at the attached Lateran Palace ▲ ▶ ◀

  • Naro - Left | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Naro Chapel Artist: Attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini Date: 1634 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Cardinal Gregorio Naro • The other monuments on the walls are to Naro family members

  • Family - Exhibit C | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Holy Family Chapel

  • Sisto - Front R | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ S. Sisto Vecchio •

  • Sangue - Interior | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Chiesa del Preziosissimo Sangue •

  • Stephan - Altar | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ St. Stephen Chapel ▲

  • Giustiniani - Whole | beggarsrome

    Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Giustiniani Chapel • This chapel was dedicated to St. Vincent Ferreri in 1570 by the Master General of the Dominican Order Cardinal Vincenzo Giustiniani

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