Vatican Swiss Guards are seen at the Vatican, Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at the end of the ceremony held each May 6 to commemorate the day in 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards died protecting Pope Clement VII

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Description: Col. Elmar Mader, commander of the Swiss Guard, participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Vatican May 6,2008 New Swiss Guard recruits are sworn in every year on May 6, commemorating the date on which 147 Swiss soldiers died defending the pope during a n attack on Rome in 1527
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Credit: ŠALESSIA GIULIANI/CPP

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