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Anchor 1 ▼ Monument to St. Pius X • Artist: Florestano Di Fausto (design); Pier Enrico Astorri (statue) • Date: 1923 The statue is Monument to St. Pius X. He is portrayed invoking peace as World War I (1914-1918) had just begun before he died St. Pius X is buried, to the left, under the main altar in the Chapel of the Presentation

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Holy Founders • This chapel has various paintings. The altar painting is of three Jesuit founders. The two side paintings are scenes of Jesus' infancy. The vault is of angels.

Anchor 1 ▼ Borghese Chapel Artist: Cavalier d'Arpino Date: 1610-1612 • The lunette is Virgin Appears to St. John the Evangelist and St. Gregory Thaumaturgus • In the center of the underarch is St. Luke Artist: Domenico Corvi Date: 1775 • On the left of the underarch is St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. Theophilus • On the right of the underarch is St. Irenaeus and St. Cyprian ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Pavement Artist: Bernini Date: 1612 • The pavement was designed by Bernini. It was restored by Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903) and later by Pope John XXIII (1958-1963)

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Ignatius of Loyola Artist: Various • The seven bronze reliefs within the verde antico altar all represent scenes connected with St. Ignatius ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Baptistry Artist: Passignano Date: 1608-1610 • The vault is Assumption. The panels are Prophets and Doctors of the Church. The The lunettes are scenes of Mary's life and putti

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ S. Sebastiano

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Capranica Chapel Artist: Giovanni de' Vecchi Date: 1586 • The painting is Stories in the Life of St. Catherine of Siena

Anchor 1 ▼ Chiesa del Preziosissimo Sangue •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Tomb of Gregory XIV

Anchor 1 ▼ Right Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Hilary of Poitiers Artist: Guillaume Courtois Date: 1660 • The altarpiece is St. Hilary of Poitiers. St Hilary (310-367) was bishop of Poitiers and wrote against Arianism

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Interior

Anchor 1 ▼ Lante della Rovere Chapel Artist: Gian Lorenzo Bernini Date: 1647-1653 • The tomb is Funeral Memorial of Maria Raggi • In exhibiting the face of Maria Raggi, a Dominican blessed, as experiencing the ecstasy of eternal joy, Bernini added a new element to funeral monuments

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ ▶ Chapel of Sts. Peter and Paul • This passage leads to the crypt under the main alter

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Dominic Artist: Carol Roncalli Date: 1725 • The vault for the inner room is Angels and Putti ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Patrizi Chapel • The inscription from 1610-1611 notes that this is where the Patrizi family are buried. They are supposed descendants of the patrician Giovanni. In 352, Mary was said to have appeared to Giovanni in a dream to indicate a miraculous snowfall on a hill where he was to build a church. He went to tell Pope Liberius of his dream but Mary had also appeared to him and said to look for snow on the Esquiline hill. After finding snow there they built the Basilica Liberiana. This is where S. Maria Maggiore now stands. Although, this story is not documented until medieval times, there is mention of a Basilica Liberiana at the time of Pope Damasus I (366-384) ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Sebastiano •

Anchor 1 ▼ Gabrielli Chapel Artist: Girolamo Muziano Date: 1550 ca. • The frescoes are Scenes from the Life of Christ and The Four Evangelists ▶ ◀ ▲

Anchor 1 ◀ Annunciation Altar Artist: Giovanni da San Giovanni • The altarpiece is Annunciation • After the Augustinian nuns were given the church in 1560, the cloistered nuns could follow Mass through this grill ▼ ▶