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Anchor 1 ▼ Presbytery Date: 1254 • This is a cosmatesque throne. The side decorations may be the reused remains of the schola cantorum from the nave

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Stanislaus Kostka • St. Stanislaus Kostka (1550-1568) was a Polish noble who walked to Rome from Vienna, Austria in order to enter the Jesuit order in 1567 • He died on August 15, 1586 in the reconstructed rooms attached to this church

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Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Tomb of Pope Alexander III Date: 1660 • The monument is Tomb of Pope Alexander III (1159-1181). This was financed by Pope Alexander IV (1655-1667)

Anchor 1 ▼ Presbytery Artist: Francesco Grandi • The painting is Leo XIII Approves the Plans for the Apse. This tells the story of this presbytery area which was extended by Virginio and Francesco Vespignani at the request of Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903). In the process the 13th century mosaic in the apse was moved and reassembled Artist: Morettini of Perugia Date: 1886 • The organ is of Morettini ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Main Altar Artist: Unknown Date: 600s • This painting is Virgin and Child of San Luca • During restoration work in 1960 on a later Byzantine work, this early painting was found underneath . This is actually a copy of the work from the 1600s

Anchor 1 Chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation Artist: Ambrogio Buonvicino Date: 1613 • The statue is Tomb of Urban VII • Pope Urban VII (1521-1590) was pope for only 12 days. As a member of the Confraternity of Our Lady of the Annunciation he left them 30,000 scudi. In 1606 his remains were brought here from the Vatican ▲ ▶ ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Chapel of St. Hilary of Poitiers • The monument is of Ilario Mauri of Parma. Ilario Mauri was the benefactor of the chapel

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Chapel of Pius IX

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Byzantine Doors Artist: Staurachius Date: 1070 From top, left to right: • Martyrdom of St. Philip, St. Philip, Martyrdom of St. James • St. James, Martyrdom of St. Simon, St. Simon • Burial of St. Matthew, St. Matthew, Burial of St. Luke • St. Luke, Martyrdom of St. Mark, St. Mark • Moses, Paule beate, Cross

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Sylvester Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ North Entrance Date: 1500s ▲

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Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Christ the Risen Redeemer Artist: Michelangelo Date: 1519-1521 • Commissioned by Bernardo Cencio, Mario Scappucci, Pietro Castellano, and Metello Vari this second version was created after a black vein was found in the first version. Michelangelo worked on it in Florence and then sent it to his apprentice Pietro Urbano in Rome. After Urbano damaged the work, Federico Frizzi finished the statue • The loin cloth was a later addition as Christ's sexual organs were visible in order to express his victory over lust and death • Sebastiano del Piombo said of this work that "the knees alone were worthy of more than the whole Rome" ▼

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Portico

Anchor 1 Second Courtyard • This courtyard was originally part of the interior of Pope Leo IV's (847-855) church. After damage in the sack of Rome by the Normans (1084), Pope Paschal II (1099-1118) reconstructed it as a smaller church in 1111 • The entrance to the second courtyard is the location of the original entrance to Pope Leo IV's church • The decorations in the portico and the 5 pillars in the right wall were part of Pope Leo IV's church ▶ ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 Monument to Matilda Artist: Stefano Speranza Date: 1635 • The relief recalls when Emperor Henry IV of Germany humbled himself before Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) at Matilda's castle in Canossa on January 25th, 1077. Matilda (1046-1115) is on the left of the Pope because of the role she played in the reconciliation ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Augustine Altar • This side altar has a painting of St. Augustine • Notice the sign above the painting that indicates a different painting used to be present on this alter

Anchor 1 ▼ Crucifixion Chapel ▲ ▶ ◀