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Anchor 1 ▼ St. Helena Artist: Andrea Bolgi Date: 1630-1639 • The statue is St. Helena. St. Helena was the mother of Constantine who legalized Christianity in 313. St. Helena traveled to Jerusalem in order to find the cross that Jesus was crucified on • Each of the four piers are dedicated to an important relic that is housed in the balcony area above each statue. The statues are all 16 feet 6 inches high. The relic for this pier is the true cross of St. Helena. The piece of the cross was given to St. Peter's by Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644)

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Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Regina Pacis

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Main Altar Artist: Nicolas Cordier Date: 1600 ca. • The bust is St. Peter

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Chapel of Pius IX

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Barbara • This door was originally the entrance to the chapel from the left aisle of Pope Leo IV's larger church. When Pope Paschal II reduced the size of the church, the left aisle was no longer part of the interior of the church. However, the passage way that connects the two was left intact

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Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ St. Benedict Chapel Artist: Luigi Poletti Date: 1800s • The arch above the altar and ceiling is coffered in white and gold

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Ignatius of Loyola Artist: Baciccia Date: 1685 • The vault has St. Ignatius of Loyola in Glory. This was Baciccia's sixth and final work in the church ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Monument to Matilda Artist: Bernini (design); Andrea Bolgi (statues) Date: 1635 • The tomb is Monument to Matilda. Matilda (1046-1115) was countess of Tuscany. She holds the papal tiara because she was a defender of the papacy • Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) commissioned the tomb and had Matilda's remains moved here from a Benedictine monastery in Polirone in 1635. She was the first woman buried in St. Peter's

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Grazioli Lante della Rovere Chapel • This chapel was originally dedicated to St. Sebastian in 1570 by Cardinal Marco Antonio Maffei. It was rededicated to the Most Holy Savior in 1596 by the Dominican Vincenzo da Palestrina who had founded a confraternity by the same name. Finally in the 1800s the chapel was given to the Grazioli Lante della Rovere family • Facing opposite of the chapel, on the interior of the right pillar, is Funeral Monument of Fabio and Ippolito De Amicis (1651) by Pietro Berrettini (Pietro da Cortona) ▼

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Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Tomb of Pope Clement VIII Artist: Nicolas Cordier Date: 1610-1614 • The statue is St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Anchor 1 ▼ Crypt Artist: Chapel by Giovanni Battista Giovenale; Mosaics by Giuseppe Bravi; Statue of St. Cecilia by Cesare Aureli Date: 1899-1901 Benefactor: Cardinal Rampolla • The window over the alter displays the three sarcophagi of the saints • The altar mosaic is St. Cecilia taken to Heaven by Angels with medallions of St. Tiburtius on the left and St. Valerian on the right • The mosaic to the left of the altar is Angel Appears to Sts. Cecilia and Valerian • The mosaic to the right of the altar is Sts. Cecilia, Valerian, and Tiburtius • There are thirty-five grey granite columns • The floor is contempoary cosmatesque ◀

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

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Helen Artist: Melozzo di Forli; Baldassarre Peruzzi; Francesco Zucchi Date: 425-455, 1484 ca, 1593 • Emperor Valentinian III (425-455) was the benefactor for the original mosaic • The center is The Savior. The ovals are the evangelists: from top left, Mark, Luke, Matthew, and John. In between the ovals are Scenes from Finding of the True Cross ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 St. Stephen Chapel Artist: Francesco Podesti Date: 1800s • The painting is Martyrdom of Stephen ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of Blessed Nicholas Albergati