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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.
5 giorni fa · May 9, 2024, 2:50 AM ET (CBS) The Pope has new Swiss Guards - CBS Miami. Clement VII (born May 26, 1478, Florence [Italy]—died September 25, 1534, Rome) was the pope from 1523 to 1534. An illegitimate son of Giuliano de’ Medici (not to be confused with Giuliano de’ Medici, duc de Nemours, his cousin), he was reared by his uncle ...
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2 giorni fa · In 1527, before the Holy Roman Empire fought the Protestants, troops loyal to Emperor Charles V brutally sacked Rome and imprisoned Pope Clement VII, as a side effect of battles over the Papal States. Thus Clement VII was forced to give up Parma, Modena, and several smaller territories.
3 giorni fa · August 1527. 11 Aug. R. O. St. P. I. 254. 3340. WOLSEY to HENRY VIII. Though I have found much affection in the French king, I have forborne at present to speak of your private matter, deferring the same till I have put your affairs in perfect train. I hope he will agree, and for this I study the means day and night.
2 giorni fa · Henry VIII: November 1527, 1-15. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 4, 1524-1530. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1875.
4 giorni fa · While the mercenaries became obsolete with the advent of gunpowder and other advances, one unit still exists: the Vatican's Swiss Guard. However, unlike in the Middle Ages , they serve a more ...
4 giorni fa · Former Swiss Guard releases Catholic Christmas cookbook Oct 27, 2020 A new cookbook offers recipes, some more than 1,000 years old, that have been served at the Vatican during the...
