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Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ ▶ Entrance

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Nave

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Tomb of Benedict XIV Artist: Pietro Bracci Date: 1769 • The monument is Tomb of Benedict XIV. The center statue is Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) giving his papal blessing during the 1750 Holy Year. The left statue is Wisdom Artist: Gaspare Sibilla • The right statue is Disinterestedness. Sibilla's signature can be found on the coins

Anchor 1 ▼ Monument of Pope Boniface VIII Artist: Giotto (attributed) Date: 1300 ca • The fresco is Pope Boniface VIII proclaiming the first Holy Year in 1300 • The fresco was originally in the outside loggia of the Lateran Palace. When that was destroyed in 1586 the fresco was moved to the cloister. It was finally moved here around 1786

Anchor 1 ▼ SS. Quattro Coronati Date: 847-855 • This apse was originally part of Pope Leo IV's (847-855) church. After damage to the church in the sack of Rome by the Normans in 1084, Pope Paschal II (1099-1118) reconstructed a smaller church but did not change the apse. Note that the apse is wider than the nave ▶ ◀ ▲

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ Portico

Anchor 1 ▼ Aisle ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Portico Artist: Ludovico Pogliaghi Date: 1949 • These bronze doors were donated by Pope Pius XII (1939-1958). They mark different events from Mary's life • Pius XII's coat of arms is on the floor in front of them

Anchor 1 ▼ St. James the Less Date: 1705-1711 Artist: Angelo de' Rossi • The statue is St. James the Less. His symbol here is a staff . • All of the statues in the pillars are of the 12 apostles of Jesus (except St. Paul). These 12 pillars follow Revelation 21:14 which speak of the 12 apostles as the 12 foundations of the new Jerusalem • The dove in the pediment is the heraldic device of the Pamphili. Pope Innocent X (1644-1655), a Pamphili, renovated the nave

Anchor 1 ▼ Lancelotti Chapel ▲ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Pius V Artist: Andrea Procaccini Date: 1710-1720 • The painting over the altar is St. Pius V Raises the Cross over the Defeated Turks • The important victory at Lepanto (October 7, 1571) was during St. Pius V's pontificate

Anchor 1 Pavement Artist: Giacomo Della Porta; Bernini Date: 1650 • Pope Innocent X (1644-1655) had the pavement completed for the 1650 Holy Year. Thus his seal is found on the floor • Further up the nave is the seal of Pope Pius XI (1922-1939) which also notes the 1933 Holy Year • There are also bronze marks on the floor which note the comparative lengths of 27 famous churches ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier • St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier lived from 1796-1868

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Conversion of St. Paul Altar Artist: Vincenzo Camuccini Date: 1800s • The altarpiece is Conversion of St. Paul

Anchor 1 ▼ Corsini Chapel • The four pendentives have the four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Cupola Artist: Baciccia Date: 1672-1675 • The cupola is Vision of Heaven. This was Baciccia's first work in the church • The statues in the niches are Prudence, Fortitude, Justice, and Temperance ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Gregorian Room • Almost all of the original apse mosaic of 1220, in the main church, has been removed due to the 1747 renovation and later fire. Parts of the original work can be found in this room ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Tomb of Guillaume Durand Artist: Giovanni di Cosma Date: 1296 ca. • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Guillaume Durand • Guillaume Durand (d. 1296) was a Dominican and bishop of Mende • The mosaic has at center Mary and child Jesus. On the left is St. Privatus who was one of the first bishops of Mende. St. Privatus presents Durand to Mary. On the right is St. Dominic • Below the tomb is Bust of Onofrio Camaiani of Arezzo (1574 ca.)

Anchor 1 ▼ Nave Artist: Alessandro Algardi (design) Date: 1650 • The relief in the center is Jonah and the whale. This story can be found in the Bible at Jonah 1:1-4:11 • The prophet in the upper center is Micah ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Chapel of St. Francis Xavier