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Anchor 1 ▼ Frangipane Chapel ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 Blessed Sacrament Chapel ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Left Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Gregorian Room • Almost all of the original apse mosaic of 1220, in the main church, has been removed due to the 1747 renovation and later fire. Parts of the original work can be found in this room

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

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Holy Family Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ S. Sisto Vecchio •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Chiesa del Preziosissimo Sangue •

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Stephen Chapel ▲

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

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Chapel of St. John

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Sylvester Chapel Artist: Raffaellino da Reggio Date: 1570 • The vault is Savior with evangelists and angels ▶ ◀ ▲

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 ▲ ▶ ◀

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Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ St. Nicholas of Bari Aedicule

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

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

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 ▶ ◀ ▼

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 ▲ ▶ ◀