Teutonic Cemetery
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The Teutonic Cemetery is a burial site in Rome adjacent to St. Peter's Basilica. Burial is reserved for members of the Confraternity of Our Lady of the German Cemetery, which owns the cemetery. It is
The Teutonic Cemetery seen from above, in the courtyard of Collegio Teutonico.
Cimitero Teutonico at Collegio Teutonico
Swiss Guard
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The Pontifical Swiss Guard, also known as the Papal Swiss Guard or simply Swiss Guard, is an armed force, guard of honour, and protective security unit, maintained by the Holy See to protect the Pope
Teutonic Cemetery
…the Archconfraternity of Our Lady, formed in 1454 to preserve the grounds. On 6 May 1527, during the Sack of Rome, it was the site of the 'Stand of the Swiss Guard' when the Pope's Swiss Guards held off mutinous German troops long enough for Pope Clement VII to escape over the Passetto di Borgo to Castel Sant'Angelo…
The conclave of Pius V, with Swiss Guard guarding the entrance, Codex Maggi, 1578
Swiss Guard, Jean Barbault
Armour for the Papal Guard of Gregory XIII, c. 1580s, in the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts
Barracks of the Pontifical Swiss Guard in Vatican City.