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Pope to attend Swiss Guard swearing-in, 1st time since 1968

ROME, OCT 3 - Pope Leo XIV will be present Saturday at the swearing-in ceremony of the Swiss Guards, the first pontiff to do ...

The Swiss Guards have a new uniform. Don’t worry, the iconic one remains

The Swiss Guards have introduced a new uniform for nonceremonial occasions. The new black wool outfit, revealed Thursday, is ...
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Raphael's tapestries : the Grotesques of Pope Leo X / Lorraine Karafel

Around 1515, Raphael (1483-1520) designed a set of tapestries for Leo X, the first Medici pope. Each was sumptuously woven in gold, silver, and silk, and depicted scenes from classical mythology with ...
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Leo X., attended by Cardinals Giulio de Medici (afterwards Pope Clement VIII.) and Ludovico de Rossi. After Raphael, (graphics)

Exhibition of Engravings, Etchings & Mezzotints, held under the Auspices and for the Benefit of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in the building adjoining their new structure, Broad Street, ...