The Gregorian portico was built under Pope Gregory XVI [1831-1846] by Luigi Poletti. The twelve columns of Attic marble were recovered from the nave of the ancient basilica; one of them, in the second row on the right, bears Pope Siricius' inscription about the building of the Theodosian basilica. There are eight in front, and four behind.
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