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Pauline Chapel dome frescoes, by Guido Reni at church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is a Papal major basilica and the largest Catholic Marian church in Rome. Hail Queen of Peace. Beautiful statue of Our Lady w/Holy Child in Saint Mary Major in Rome. Under the high altar of the basilica is the Crypt of the Nativity or Bethlehem Crypt, with a crystal reliquary designed by Giuseppe Valadier said to contain wood from the Holy Crib of the nativity of Jesus Christ.