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In the event known as the Stand of the Swiss Guard, the Swiss, alongside the garrison's remaining soldiers, made their last stand in the Teutonic Cemetery within the Vatican. Their captain, Kaspar Röist, was wounded and later sought refuge in his house, where Spanish soldiers killed him in front of his wife.
Its most significant hostile engagement was on 6 May 1527, when 147 of the 189 Guards, including their commander Caspar Röist, died fighting the troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in the stand made by the Swiss Guard during the Sack of Rome in order to allow Clement VII to escape through the Passetto di Borgo, escorted by the ...
30 apr 2024 · The Swiss Guards fought bravely to defend St. Peter’s Basilica and created enough delay to allow Pope Clement to escape down a tunnel into the fortress of Castel Sant’Angelo. There he was besieged while the city was laid waste.
1527 Sacco di Roma. La mattina del 6 maggio 1527, dal suo quartiere generale nel convento di S. Onofrio sul Gianicolo, il capitano generale Borbone diede il via agli assalti. In uno di questi, alla Porta del Torrione, mentre dava la scalata alle mura, egli stesso fu colpito a morte.
29 mar 2022 · While the Swiss Guard often look ceremonial with their halberds and puffy pants, they are quite skilled. They proved this in 1527, when a rogue army attempted to invade Rome, leading to an event dubbed “The Last Stand of the Swiss Guard.”
4 mag 2023 · The Sack of Rome, or ‘Sacco di Roma’, by the leaderless troops of Charles V on 6 May 1527 ended in a bloodbath that also cost the lives of 147 Swiss guards. Traces of that dark day are still being discovered.
Swiss Guards, corps of Swiss soldiers responsible for the safety of the pope. Often called “the world’s smallest army,” they serve as personal escorts to the pontiff and as watchmen for Vatican City and the pontifical villa of Castel Gandolfo.
