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30 apr 2024 · The walls of Rome were poorly defended, the city’s garrison numbering only 8,000 men, including the 2,000-strong Swiss Guard. Among other defenders was the artist and goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini , whose Autobiography recounts his shooting two noblemen among the invaders.
- Tony Bunting
6 mag 2024 · Le Guardie svizzere contro i lanzichenecchi che inneggiavano a Lutero. Dal sito della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia. 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.
6 mag 2024 · The swearing-in ceremony commemorates 6 May 1527, when 147 Swiss Guards died protecting Pope Clement VII from the army of the Holy Roman Emperor. The pope fled via the 800-m Passetto di Borgo passageway to the nearby refuge of Castel S. Angelo. Origins.
6 mag 2024 · On May 6, 1527, the Swiss Guards participated in the battle against the militias of Charles V (the so-called Sack of Rome), allowing with their sacrifice Pope Clement VII to save his life.
6 mag 2024 · Thirty-four new recruits will be sworn in to the Swiss Guard at the Vatican on May 6. This date has a special significance for the Pope's bodyguards. During the so-called "Sack of Rome" on May 6, 1527, the mercenaries of Emperor Charles V invaded Rome and plundered the Eternal City.
2 giorni fa · The swearing-in ceremony takes place each year on the anniversary of the May 6, 1527 battle known as the Sack of Rome, when 147 guards lost their lives defending Pope Clement VII from the army of the mutinous Holy Roman Empire. During the battle, the pope was able to escape from the Vatican to Castel Sant’Angelo via a secret passageway.
10 mag 2024 · But the swearing-in ceremony takes place on May 6, marking the anniversary of the Sack of Rome in 1527 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V when 147 guards died protecting Pope Clement VII.
