Santa Maria Maggiore


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Baptistry
On the wall containing the entrance door are two busts of popes, in oval tondi with triregnum and crossed keys above being held by putti. The one on the right is of Pope Clement XII, and that on the left is of Pope Benedict XIV. Over the door is a cameo portrait medallion of Pope Clement XI, flanked by two large epigraph tablets recording restorations by Pope Leo XII and Pope Gregory XVI.