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Nave Current renovation: 1599-1600 • The nave once had twelve columns on each side but Cardinal Giorgio Doria, titular from 1818-1837, enclosed them in 1823 to give added support to the walls Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ ▶ ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ St. Joan Antida Thouret • St. Joan Antida Thouret lived from 1765-1826

Anchor 1 ▼ Regina Pacis Artist: Gudio Galli Date: 1918 • The statue is Regina Pacis (Queen of Peace) • Pope Benedict XV (1914-1922) commissioned the statue in gratitude for the end of World War I

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Door of Death

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ St. Benedict Chapel

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ St. Louis Grignion de Montfort • St. Louis Grignion de Montfort lived from 1673-1716

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 ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Balbina •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Left Aisle

Anchor 1 ▼ Chiesa del Preziosissimo Sangue •

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ North Entrance

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ St. Processus and St. Martinian • The left oval is St. Anthony Claret. St. Anthony Claret (1807-1870) established the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The order is also known as the Claretians

Anchor 1 ▶ ▲ ◀ Interior Church established: 1670 • The church is elliptical in shape and is a combination of polychrome marbles. The dual pairs of fluted red and white cottanello columns support an architrave that bends with the church • The carrara marble pilasters form eight chapels. These chapels were designed by Mattia De Rossi who was an assistant to Bernini • The Corinthian columns have the Pampili dove with an olive branch sitting on them • The arches opening to the side altars are cottanello marble with Sicilian jasper friezes and spandrels

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Francis Borgia Artist: Pier Francesco Mola • The painting is Conversion of St. Paul ▲ ◀

Anchor 1 S. Croce in Gerusalemme Traditional date of Sessorian Palace: 200s Original church: 300s Pope Lucio II renovation: 1144-1145 Pope Benedict XIV renovation: 1740-1758 • When St. Helen returned from Jerusalem with the cross she also brought soil from Calvary. This church is built on top of that soil. Thus the name of this church: Holy Cross in Jerusalem Artist: Domenico Gregorini; Pietro Passalacqua Date: 1744 • The facade inscription reads: Pope Benedict XIV, in Honor of the Holy Cross, in the Fourth Year of His Pontificate • The statues, from left to right are: St. Helen, St. Luke, St. Matthew, two angels, St. John, St. Mark, Constantine • The campanile is from around 1144

Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Portico