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Anchor 1 Parco Ildephonsus Schuster • The park is named after Blessed Ildephonsus Schuster who was a Benedictine Abbot that became the archbishop of Milan ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Annunciation Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ First Courtyard

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Charlemagne Artist: Agostino Cornacchini Date: 1725 • The statue is Charlemagne. Charlemagne (800-828) was the first king to be crowned in St. Peter's. The porphyry disk where he was crowned king on Christmas day, 800 by Pope Leo III (795-816) can still be seen within St. Peter's • The niche statues are prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude (none are pictured)

Anchor 1 ▼ Nave • The Latin inscription on the left reads: "I have prayed for you, O Peter, that your faith may never fail. You in turn must strengthen your brothers" (Lk 22:32) ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ ▶ Right Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium • Paul Bril painted the landscape frescoes • Niccolò Circignani painted the frescoes of events from St. Cecilia's life ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Helen ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ St. Joseph in the Holy Land Chapel Artist: Carlo Monaldi Date: 1720 ca. • The relief is Flight into Egypt

Anchor 1 ▼ Holy Water Font Date: 1722-1725 • The font is more than 6 feet high ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Andrew the Apostle Artist: Agostino Ciampelli • The vault is Virgin Mary Surrounded by Martyrs

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ St. Joseph in the Holy Land Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium • Paul Bril painted the landscape frescoes • Niccolò Circignani painted the frescoes of events from St. Cecilia's life

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of the Relics of the Passion • The doorway leads to the Chapel of the Relics of the Passion

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Gabrielli Chapel Artist: Girolamo Muziano Date: 1550 • The fresco in the center of the columns is Prophet. Above and below this are Allegorical Figures

Anchor 1 Tomb of Cardinal Giussiano de Casate Date: 1287 ca • The monument is Tomb of Cardinal Giussiano de Casate (1287 d). The relief in the center has St. John the Evangelist present Cardinal Giacomo Colonna (1250-1318) to Jesus. Cardinal Colonna financed the tomb of Cardinal Casate. ▶ ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Entrance

Anchor 1 St. Catherine of Siena's Room Artist: Antoniazzo Romano Date: 1482 • The painting is Crucifixion with Saints • This is the room where St. Catherine of Siena died on April 29, 1380. This room was originally down the street at Via. S. Chiara 14. Around 1630, Cardinal Antonio Barberini (1569-1646) had Andrea Sacchi reconstruct the room here • The body of St. Catherine of Siena is in a tomb under the main altar in this church ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium • The steam conduits for the bath in St. Cecilia's house can still be seen • The marble statue of St. Sebastian is from Lorenzo Lotti in the early 16th century • The tondo across from the alter is the Coronation of Sts. Cecilia and Valerian by Guido Reni in 1600 • Above the alter is the Beheading of St. Cecilia by Guido Reni in 1601

Anchor 1 ▼ Oratorio di S. Giovanni in Oleo •