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Anchor 1 ▼ SS. Fabiano e Venanzio •

Anchor 1 S. Saba •

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 ▼ Chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation Artist: Cesare Nebbia Date: 1589-1614 • The lunettes are Childhood of Jesus • Under the arch are Stories of the Virgin • These are probably some of the last works of the artist Cesare Nebbia ▲ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ Statue of St. Cecilia • Gilded relief shows three of the saints buried here • From left to right: Sts. Pope Lucius I, Pope Urban I, and Maximus

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ Portico • The panel is the meeting of St. Paul with St. Peter in Jerusalem. Galatians 2:9 mentions that Peter (Cephas) gave his hand to Paul in partnership at the Council of Jerusalem • Below, the panel notes the doors were made in 2008 during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ◀ All Saints Chapel Artist: Cosimo Fancelli Date: 1671 • This is Bust of Lorenzo Altieri • Lorenzo Altieri (d. 1638) was Pope Clement X's father

Anchor 1 ▼ ▲ ▶ ◀ Chapel of St. Dominic Artist: Francesco Cozza Date: • The painting is Nativity • Below this painting and to the left of the altar is the Funeral Monument of Arcangelo Corelli. Corelli (1653-1713) was a composer and violinist

Anchor 1 ▼ Baldichin Artist: Barna da Siena Date: 1369 • The frescoes are of saints • There is a story that, behind the grille above, are the heads of St. Paul and St. Peter • Three of the columns of the baldachin are of granite and one is of marble ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ St. Francis of Paola • St. Francis of Paola lived from 1416-1507

Anchor 1 ▼ Gregorian Portico • As part of the rebuilding project after the fire, Pope Gregory XVI (1831-1846) asked the main architect Luigi Poletti to make a portico. It was thus named after Pope Gregory

Anchor 1 ▼ Vault Artist: Unknown Date: 1800s • The decorations in the vault are from the 19th century renovation ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ North Entrance Date: 1500s ▲

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Relics of the Passion • This relic is a nail from the cross • The nail measures 12.5 cm long. Its width is 9 mm near the head and 5 mm near the end ▲ ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Vestibule Artist: Isaia da Pisa Date: 1455 • The tomb is Funeral Monument of Beato Angelico • Fra Angelico (1387-1455), a Dominican, was one of the great masters of medieval art. He died in the adjoining monastery February 18, 1455 • The Virgin and Child in the Frangipane Chapel is attributed to him and a modern copy of his St. Dominic is found in the Chapel of St. Dominic • Through the hole in the wall can be seen the tombs of the Frangipane chapel ▶

▼ Anchor 1 Courtyard Facade • The ancient vase at the center of the garden is called a cantharus Date: 18th Artist: Ferdinando Fuga • Inscription: "Francesco Acquaviva, Titular Cadinal of St. Cecilia." His coat of arms is in the tympanum • The facade preserves two ancient columns of red granite and two of africano marble • The Romanesque tower is from 1113

Anchor 1 ▼ ◀ ▶ St. Therese of Lisieux Chapel • Statue is of St. Therese of Lisieux

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of St. Cyriaca Date: 1200s • The relief is Virgin and St. John Hold the Dead Christ. Date: 1600s • The sides have reliefs of souls suffering in purgatory • The door on the left is an entrance to the Catacombs of St. Cyriaca. St. Cyriaca (249 d.) was the Roman woman who, after his martyrdom, buried St. Lawrence on this site.

Anchor 1 ▼ Chapel of the Holy Trinity ▶ ◀

Anchor 1 ▼ Ponziani Chapel Artist: Attributed to the school of Pinturicchio • This fresco is of St. John the Evangelist