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Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ Sacred Heart Chapel Artist: Roman school Date: 1577 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Vincenzo Maccarani • Maccarani was the patron who had this chapel dedicated to the Resurrection

Anchor 1 ▼ Portico Artist: Antonio Maraini Date: 1929-1931 • The panels on the left are scenes from St. Peter's life and on the right from St. Paul's life • Top left: Christ Gives the Keys to St. Peter • Top right: St. Paul's Conversion • Middle left: Founding of the Papal See • Middle right: St. Paul Teaching in Rome • Lower left: St. Peter Baptizing in the Catacombs • Lower right: St. Paul Reaches Rome and is Welcomed by Faithful ▲

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Anchor 1 ▶ Sacred Heart Chapel Artist: Andrea Bregno, Jan Duknovic (Giovanni Dalmata) Date: 1466 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Cardinal Giacomo Tebaldi ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ Square Artist: Bernini Date: 1655-1667 • The two colonnades have 284 columns and 88 pilasters with 88 statues of saints above them • The coat of arms of the benefactor Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667) is found at the end of the colonnades ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Portico Artist: Antonio Maraini Date: 1929-1931 • The panels on the left are scenes from St. Peter's life and on the right from St. Paul's life • Top left: Coat of arms of the Church • Top right: Coat of arms of Rome • Middle left: Crucifixion of St. Peter • Middle right: Beheading of St. Paul • Lower left: "Domine, Quo Vadis?" • Lower right: Conversion of the Centurion ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Portico

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Anchor 1 ▼ Rooms of St. Stanislaus • St. Stanislaus Kostka (1550-1568) died in these rooms on August 15, 1586. He is buried in this church in the chapel bearing his name • St. Stanislaus actually died in another building to the right of the present church. While that building was destroyed, in 1888-1889 the rooms were reconstructed in the present location

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Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Atrium Artist: Giuseppe Obici Date: 1800s • The St. Paul statue portrays him with a sword because it was the instrument through which he was beheaded. Although condemned for being Christian, Paul was entitled to this type of death because he was a Roman citizen. The inscription reads: " To the preacher of truth, the teacher of nations" • The columns in front of the facade are red Baveno granite. A head of St. Paul is carved into the top of the columns

Anchor 1 ▼ Transfiguration Artist: Raphael (original) Date: Mosaic copy • Raphael's original painting was first displayed in S. Pietro in Montorio a church in the Trastevere area of Rome. After Napoleon conquered Rome, he had the painting moved to the Louvre in France. Later, after the fall of Napolean, the painting was returned to the Vatican Pinacoteca where it remains today • Raphael's approach is unique as he combines the episodes of the transfiguration (above) and the healing the a possessed boy (below). Above, Elijah and Moses are on each side of Jesus while Peter, James, and John hide underneath

Anchor 1 Crucifixion Chapel ▶ ◀ ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ Atrium Artist: Giuseppe Obici Date: 1800s • The St. Paul statue portrays him with a sword because it was the instrument through which he was beheaded. Although condemned for being Christian, Paul was entitled to this type of death because he was a Roman citizen. The inscription reads: " To the preacher of truth, the teacher of nations" • The columns in front of the facade are red Baveno granite. A head of St. Paul is carved into the top of the columns ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▲ ▶ ◀ S. Sebastiano Current church: 1609 • The current church is decorated in the baroque style. It has a single nave with an apse • The modern pavement is red Verona marble ▼

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Gregory the Great ▲ ▶ ◀

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Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Left Aisle