The sanctuary can be accessed via the Scala Santa with 392 steps.
These monuments are the Scala Santa and the Chapel of the Sancta Sanctorum.
Scala Santa _ the Holy Stairs.
For centuries, the " Scala Santa " has attracted Christian pilgrims who wished to honour the Passion of Jesus.
After 1585, he traveled to Rome, where he helped fresco the Vatican library and the Scala Santa ( 1585 1590 ).
Within the church is a large chapel called the " Cappella della Scala Santa " ( Chapel of the Holy Stair ).
One of the chapels houses a depiction of " Calvary with Christ " reached by a Scala Santa ascended on your knees.
He was employed by Pope Sixtus V in the decoration of the library of the Vatican and in the decoration of the Scala Santa in San Giovanni Laterano.
He was one of the team of painters employed to paint the Scala Santa, the palace of San Giovanni Laterano, and the Vatican Library in Rome.
He flourished in the pontificate of Paul V, and was employed both as a painter and a mosaicist in the library of the Vatican, and in the Scala Santa in San Giovanni Laterano.