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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 day marks the anniversary of the heroic sacrifice of 147 Swiss Guards who died while defending Pope Clement VII during the Sack of Rome in 1527 by the landsknechts, the German mercenaries of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
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.
5 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 mag 2024 · The swearing-in ceremony is held each year on 6 May, which commemorates the anniversary of the army’s darkest hour in 1527, when all but 42 of 189 guards died while defending Pope Clement VII...
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.
