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Anchor 1 ▼ S. Maria sopra Minerva Minerva temple: 50 BC Original church: 741-752 Current Gothic church: 1280-1370 • This is the back entrance to the church of S. Maria sopra Minerva

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Chapel of the Crucified Lord Artist: Giuliano Finelli Date: 1602 ca • The bust is of Cardinal Giulio Antonio Santori (1602 d)

Anchor 1 ▼ S. Sebastiano Artist: Annibale Carracci Date: • The painting is of St. Brigid of Sweden visiting the catacombs Artist: Pope St. Damasus (written) Date: 366-384 (copy) • The inscription reads: "You, who are looking for the names of Peter and Paul, should know that at one time these saints were here...". At the bottom left is Damasus' name

Anchor 1 ▼ Sforza Chapel Artist: Tiberio Calcagno (started); Giacomo Della Porta (finished) Date: 1556-1573 • The benefactor for the chapel was Cardinal Guido Ascanio Sforza • The tomb of Cardinal Guido Ascanio (1573 ca.) is on the left and the tomb of Cardinal Alessandro (1534-1581) is on the right Artist: Nebbia • The upper painting is of the prophets • Below the window is Coronation of the Virgin Artist: Sermoneta Date: 1573 • The altarpiece is Assumption

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Helen Artist: Early Roman school • The St. Helen statue is actually the remains of a statue of the goddess Juno found in Ostia. The appendages and cross were added to make a St. Helen

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Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ Chapel of St. Stanislaus Kostka Artist: Ludovico Mazzanti Date: 18th • This painting is St. Stanislaus Cools His Breast • In this story of his life, the prayer St. Stanislaus is so fervent that he becomes physically heated and needs to cool down

Anchor 1 ▼ Right Transept Artist: Paris Nogari Date: Late 1500s • On the lower right is Laying h Basilica's First Stone. All of the lower frescoes in both transepts tell the history of St. John Lateran and Constantine. The story begins on the left side of the left transept and moves around to the left Artist: Giovanni Battista Ricci Date: Late 1500s • At the lower left is Dedication of the Basilica ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Padre Pio • The statue is of St. Padre Pio

Anchor 1 ▼ Right Transept Artist: Ambrogio Buonvicino • The bust on the left is David and, on the right, Ezekiel • The two giallo antico columns are from Trajan's Forum ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▶ ◀ Presbytery

Anchor 1 ▼ Ceiling • The gold stucco work of the ceiling is in the style of the Renaissance • The coat of arms in the middle is from Pope Pius IX who completed the rebuilding of the church ▲

Anchor 1 SS. Quattro Coronati Original church: 311-314 or late 400s Rebuilt church: 847-855 Rebuilt smaller church: 1111 Given to Augustinian nuns: 1560 Apse renovations: 1621-1623 Restoration: 1912-1914 Date: 800s • The Romanesque bell tower is shortened and may have been used in battle

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Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Back Wall

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Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of Pius IX Artist: Ludwig Seitz Date: 1890 ca. • The various coat of arms are of dioceses and institutes that contributed to the chapel ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ▶ Tomb of Pope Clement VIII Artist: Nicolas Cordier Date: 1610-1614 • The statue is Aaron

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Dominic •

Anchor 1 ▼ Excavations • A remains of few early Roman houses are visible • There is also a few Christian sarcophagi