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    The Noble Guard (Italian: Guardia Nobile) was one of the household guard units serving the Pope, and formed part of the military in Vatican City. It was...
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  • of Italy, four small Papal units (the Pontifical Swiss Guard, the Noble Guard, the Palatine Guard, and the Papal Gendarmerie Corps) were retained, but restricted...
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    the Kingdom of Bavaria Guards Corps, in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire Noble Guard and Palatine Guard, in the Holy See until 1970...
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    Corps, while the Swiss Guard, the Palatine Guard and the Noble Guard served mostly ceremonial functions. The Palatine and Noble Guards were disbanded by Paul...
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    religious programs in Rome. Swiss Guards Corsican Guard Noble Guard Papal Zouaves Papal Army Military in Vatican City Swiss Guard Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican...
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    Black nobility (category Italian noble families)
    the Noble Guard further to nobles from all Catholic countries. In World War II, the Papal Noble Guard protected the Pope alongside the Swiss Guard. Pope...
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  • "The Old Guard, vol. 2". www.goodreads.com. Noble, Barnes &. "The Old Guard, Book Two: Force Multiplied|Paperback". Barnes & Noble. Noble, Barnes &....
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    Gendarmerie of Vatican City, the Swiss Guard have roles in the Italy-Vatican border control. The Palatine Guard and the Noble Guard, the last armed forces of the...
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    Palatine Guard, which was itself disbanded on 14 September 1970 by Pope Paul VI; the Noble Guard, which also disbanded in 1970; and the Swiss Guard, which...
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    described as red and yellow. In 1808, Pope Pius VII ordered the Vatican's Noble Guard and other troops to replace red color with white, in order to distinguish...
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    Conte di Vignanello and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also Noble Guard. Son of Alessandro Ruspoli, 7th Prince of Cerveteri and wife Marianita...
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    Captain of the Guard is a position for a military force. It is also a position within jail and prison staffing. A Captain of the Guard is the commanding...
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    service". Politico. Noble, p 24 Noble, p 21 "U.S. Coast Guard Commandants". U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office....
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    Merchantville, New Jersey: Evolution Publishing. ISBN 978-1-889758-86-2. Noble, Thomas; Strauss, Barry (2005). Western Civilization. Houghton Mifflin....
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  • guns. Its full name is 'The Guard of the Council Great and General' and it is also known locally as the 'Guard of Nobles'. The official tourism website...
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    word guard. Border guards, coast guards, civil guards, home guards, national guards, honor guards, republican guards, imperial guards and royal guards are...
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    to the September 11 attacks. Operation Noble Eagle began with the mobilization of thousands of National Guard and reserve personnel to perform security...
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    Papal Throne. He also abolished the Palatine Guard and the Noble Guard, leaving the Pontifical Swiss Guard as the sole military order of the Vatican. Paul...
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    Papal nobility (category Nobles of the Holy See)
    families as well as notable Catholics from many countries. All pontifical noble titles are within the personal gift of the pontiff, and are not recorded...
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    immediately repatriated. The pope was allowed to retain the Swiss, Noble, and Palatine guard units. With most of the papal military demobilized, protests against...
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    Mary Surratt, who served in the Pontifical Zouaves Corsican Guard Noble Guard Palatine Guard Esposito 2018, p. 8. Powell 1871, p. 1. Powell 1871, p. 2....
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    chapel added in 1902. Medical services expanded to cover priests and Swiss Guards. During World War II the building was used by refugees, Jews, and ambassadors...
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    Noble, Republic of St. Peter, 53. Noble, Republic of St. Peter, 112–18, 128, 195–201, 236, 248–49. Noble, Republic of St. Peter, 116–17, 234. Noble,...
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    who had returned from French captivity. In 1815, he entered the Papal Noble Guard but was soon dismissed after an epileptic seizure. He threw himself on...
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    maison militaire du roi de France), also known as the Musketeers of the Guard (French: Mousquetaires de la garde) or King's Musketeers (Mousquetaires...
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    In Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths (Sanskrit: चत्वार्यार्यसत्यानि, romanized: catvaryāryasatyāni; Pali: caturāriyasaccāni; "The Four Arya Satya") are...
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    articles Swiss Guards Papal Army Military of Vatican City Noble Guard (Vatican) Palatine Guard Pontifical Swiss Guard Papal Zouaves Corsican Guard De Agostini...
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    Philosophy at the Complutense University of Madrid, Gentleman of HH the Pope, Noble Guard, Maestrante of Granada, and Knight of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign...
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    The Noble Eightfold Path (Sanskrit: आर्याष्टाङ्गमार्ग, romanized: āryāṣṭāṅgamārga) or Eight Right Paths (Sanskrit: अष्टसम्यङ्मार्ग, romanized: aṣṭasamyaṅmārga)...
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    450 have Vatican citizenship. These include the approximately 135 Swiss Guards. About the same number of citizens of the state live in various countries...
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