The Vatican Swiss Guard

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The Swiss constitution of 1874 prohibited all military capitulations and the recruitment of Swiss forces by foreign powers with one exception: the Swiss Guard of the papacy. While Swiss soldiers had been used by the popes since the late 14th century, it was not until the pontificate of JULIUS II (1503–13) that the Papal Swiss Guard was officially formed. Through…

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