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Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Dominic Artist: Unknown Date: Unknown • The statue is St. Albert the Great • St. Albert lived from 1200-1280. Each of the four statues in this chapel represent Dominican bishops

Anchor 1 ▼ Tomb of Innocent VIII • If you look closely one word of the text has been written over with the word "tyrant" to display some dissatisfaction with his reign • The text also states that America was discovered during his pontificate. However, Pope Innocent VIII actually died on July 25, 1492 which was just a week before Columbus sailed West

Anchor 1 ▶ Courtyard ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ S. Sisto Vecchio •

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Christ's Passion Artist: Giuseppe Valeriano and Gaspare Celio • The vault is Adoration of the Cross ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Stephen Chapel ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Nave Artist: Alessandro Algardi (design) Date: 1650 • The relief in the center is the Crucifixion of Jesus. This story is found in the Bible in Matthew 26:46, Mark 14:43, Luke 22:47, and John 18:3. In contrast to Abraham's failed sacrifice of Isaac, God the Father gives the sacrifice of his Son Jesus • The prophet in the upper center is Hosea ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Sebastian Artist: Pietro da Cortona; Guidobaldo Abbattini • The cupola mosaics are of Lamb Adored by Martyrs • The pendentives, from top left clockwise, are Ezekiel, Isaiah, Zechariah, and Abel ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ S. Sisto Vecchio •

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 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX Artist: Ludwig Seitz Date: 1890 ca. • St. Cyriaca is on the left and St. Agnes on the right ▲ ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Gabrielli Chapel Artist: Bonaventura Lamberti (Bolognese) Date: 1690-1693 • The painting over the altar is Death of St. Peter the Martyr • St. Peter the Martyr (1206-1252) is also known as St. Peter of Verona • The architectural structure around the painting is attributed to Ciro Ferri who was known for painting and design work

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Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Chapel of the Relics • The benefactor for the chapel, built in 1625, was the duke of Bavaria Maximilian I (1597-1651) • On the bottom left is a relic of an arrow that wounded St. Sebastian • On the bottom right is the column to which St. Sebastian was tied • At the bottom center is the supposed imprints of Jesus' feet from the "Domine, quo vadis?" post-gospel story. As Peter was leaving Rome in order to avoid being killed, Jesus appeared on the road. Peter asked him "Lord, where are you going?" to which Jesus replied, "I go to be crucified a second time." Peter then returned to Rome. The location where this is to have taken place is about a mile north from here at the Quo Vadis church