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▼ Anchor 1 Chapel of St. Stanislaus Kostka Artist: Giovanni Odazzi • This vault painting is St. Stanislaus in Glory

Anchor 1 ▼ Lancelotti Chapel ▲ ▶

▼ Anchor 1 ▲ Pavement • This marble coat of arms is the burial place of Jesuit Cardinal Pietro Sforza Pallavicino who lived from 1607-1667 • IHS is a Jesuit emblem that is a Latin acronym for Iesus Hominum Salvator: "Jesus Savior of Humanity"

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Francis Borgia Artist: Pozzo • The altarpiece is St. Francis Borgia in Prayer • Three Jesuits were among those canonized in 1862 as the Japanese Martyrs. To celebrate this the three Jesuits were added to the top right of the painting by Gagliardi ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Philip Neri • St. Philip Neri lived from 1515-1595

Anchor 1 ▼ Monument

Anchor 1 Chapel of the Relics of the Passion • The relics of the passion from the top left: part of the Good Thief's cross, finger bone of St. Thomas, fragments (Holy Sepulcher, column of flagellation, Bethlehem cave), two thorns from the crown of thorns, pieces of the true cross, a nail from the cross, and the INRI inscription ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Chapel of St. Dominic •

Anchor 1 ▼ Portico Artist: Paolo and Filippo Date: Early 1200s • The panels recall stories related to the death of St. Henry II. St. Henry (973-1024) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1014-1024.

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Nave • The nave area was a later addition by Pope Honorius III (1216-1227) to the original presbytery church of Constantine (306-337) in 330 that Pope Pelagius rebuilt in 578 • Of the 22 total columns, 6 are marble and 16 are granite. They all have matching Ionic capitals from the 1100s

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Balbina •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Chapel of St. Raymond of Penafort ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Portico

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Main Door • Over the main door it is recorded that the renovations of 1848-1855 were during the reign of Pope Pius IX (1846-1878) • Left of the main door is Funeral Monument of Diotisalvi Neroni. Neroni (1401-1482) was a lawyer from Florence. There are many Florentines buried here as this was the primary church in Rome for the Florentines before the construction of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini in 1518

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

Anchor 1 ▼ Nave ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Baptismal Font Chapel Artist: Roman school Date: 1641 ca. • This is the Funeral Monument of Albano Ferragallo

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Transfiguration

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Helen

Anchor 1 ▼ North Entrance Date: 1500s ▲ ▶