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Anchor 1 ▼ Calidarium •

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Portico

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Portico

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 ▲ ▶ ◀

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