Profile: Memories of serving in the Swiss Guard

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RENEE MONTAGNE
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01-20-2006
Profile: Memories of serving in the Swiss Guard

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We turn now to a centuries-long tradition of young Swiss men leaving home to join the Swiss Guard in Rome. Anyone who's ever toured the Vatican will remember the regal soldiers standing at attention holding long pipes and resplendent in the gold- and purple-striped pantaloons of an earlier era. This Sunday marks the 500th anniversary of Pope Julius II blessing a group of Swiss mercenaries hired to protect the ...

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