Anchor 1 ▼ Crucifix Chapel Date: 1500s • The monument is tomb of an unknown senator ▲ ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Aldobrandini Chapel This chapel was originally dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria by Cardinal Matteo Orsini. It was later rededicated to The Most Holy Sacrament and given to the Aldobrandini family. After being elected, Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605) renovated the chapel as a tomb for his parents employing Girolamo Rainaldi and Giacomo della Porta. Carlo Maderno completed the work

Anchor 1 ▼ Portico Date: 1000s • This arca likely was a cover for a tomb ▲ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Gregorian Portico • This column has an inscription from the original consecration of the basilica in 390 by Pope Siricius (384-399): "Siricius Episcopus...". • This column was originally part of the lateral aisle of the basilica built by Emperor Theodosius (379-395). After the fire, these surviving pillars were reused for the portico

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Gregory the Great

Anchor 1 ▼ Papal Throne • The papal throne is at center with an altar for regular Mass • The papal altar under the baldachin can only be used by the Pope or by those with his permission ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Sacred Heart Chapel Artist: Joseph Peniz and Paul Bril • The painting is Death of St. Francis ▲ ▶

Anchor 1 ▼ ▼ Entrance

Anchor 1 ▼ Presbytery Artist: Alessandro Capalti Date: 1842 • The altarpiece is Circumcision • There is a space behind the painting which hides a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It can be viewed when the painting is removed ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Chapel of Pius IX

Anchor 1 ▼ Baldachin Artist: Barna da Siena Date: 1369 • The frescoes are saints with the crucifixion of Jesus in the center • There is a story that, behind the grille above, are the heads of St. Paul and St. Peter • Three of the columns of the baldachin are of granite and one is of marble ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Francis Xavier • This is the burial place of Cracow Cardinal Jerzy Radziwill (1556-1600)

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Chapel of St. Ignatius of Loyola • This side way is another entrance into the Chapel of the Crucifix

Anchor 1 ▼ Byzantine Doors Artist: Staurachius Date: 1070 • ▼

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ St. Agnes Aedicule

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Francis Xavier • This is the right forearm of St. Francis Xavier which he used to baptize while on his missionary journeys. It was placed here in 1614 ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Relics • Various relics can be found in this chapel. It is also the sacrasty

Anchor 1 ▼ Altar of St. Francis of Assisi Artist: Girolamo Muziano Date: • The painting is St. Francis of Assisi

Anchor 1 S. Balbina •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Chapel of the Dormition of Our Lady