2. Beatitude of John Sarcander, who is led to the torture by the Dutch Calvinists.--By F. Grandi. 3. S. Chiara of Mount Falconi visits Cardinal Colonna, who is kneeling.--Raffaele Gagliardi. 4. Alfonso Rodosko's Vision of the Virgin.--By G. Sereni. 5. John Berchmans' Vision of the Virgin.--Gagliardi. 6. Peter of Arbues, Grand Inquisitor of Spain, murdered at the altar.--G. Mauretta. _At the end_ of this hall is a piece of tapestry designed by Raphael. It represents S. Paul striking Bar-jesus (Elymas) blind before the pro-consul Sergius Paulus at Paphos in Cyprus.--Acts xiii. 6. _Returning up the hall._ 7. Paul of the Cross, founder of the Passionist Order.--Coghetti. 8. Declaration of the Dogma of Immaculate Conception by C. de Paris. 9. The Virgin with the Infant Jesus appearing to Maria degli Angeli, a Carmelite nun.--De Rohden. The entry and the connection between the first and second hall were once the chapel of Pius V. The richly-painted window, by Ludovic Gesta of Toulouse, represents Germana Cousin, the Shepherdess of Pibrac, crossing a stream, and portraits of Pius IX. and French ecclesiastics. The cupola is the work of Federico Zuccheri; the subjects are the Fall of Satan and scenes from the Life of Tobit. In the lunettes below are the four doctors of the Latin Church, by Paoletti. (_Second Room, left._) 10. Saints Martyred in Gorcum in the Netherlands.--Cæsar Fracassini. His masterpiece; a very fine work of art. 11. A fine large painting, the gift of the Polish Roman Catholics. It represents John Sobieski, King of Poland, relieving Vienna from the Turks: the work of Matejko, 1883. 12. S. Lorenzo da Brindisi leading the Imperial troops against the Turks at the Battle of Alba-Reale in Hungary.--By F. Grandi. 13. S. Michael de' Sanctis.--Jojetti. 14. Beatitude of the Canon John de' Rossi.--Dies. _Passing from these we go into the_ SALOON OF PODESTI, containing frescoes relating to the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception. _On the end wall_ is represented the supposed Vision of the Virgin to Pius IX.; _opposite_, the Discussion of the Dogma; _on the right wall_, Proclamation of the Dogma. They were done in 1870, in commemoration of the Vatican Decrees. _Thence we pass into the_ STANZE OR CAMERE OF RAPHAEL, consisting of four rooms designed by Raphael, and completed by his pupils after his death, to illustrate the triumphs and establishment of the Catholic Church. The principal frescoes are:-- IN THE FIRST ROOM.--_On the right_, the Incendio del Borgo, A.D. 847; _over the window_, Justification of Leo III.; _in front_, Victory of Leo IV. over the Saracens at Ostia; and _opposite_, Coronation of Charlemagne. The chiaro-oscuro portraits, _below_, by Caravaggio, represent the princes who first gave tribute to the Church. The roof is by Perugino, Raphael's master.