The Papal Zouaves (Italian: Zuavi Pontifici) were an infantry battalion, later regiment, dedicated to defending the Papal States. Named after the French...
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modelled upon them. The zouaves were among the most decorated units of the French Army. It was initially intended that the zouaves would be a regiment of...
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dragoons. In 1861 an international Catholic volunteer corps, called Papal Zouaves after a kind of French colonial native Algerian infantry, and imitating...
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Papal Zouaves, formed in 1861 to oppose Italian unification. Following defeat and abolition of the States by the Kingdom of Italy, four small Papal units...
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Hermann Kanzler (category Papal Zouaves)
general who commanded the Army of the Papal States and was the arms minister during the reign of Pope Pius IX. He led Papal forces during the Battle of Mentana...
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Battle of Mentana (category Battles involving the Papal States)
mine under the Serristori barracks in Borgo, which was the seat of the Papal Zouaves, devastating the building and killing 27 persons. However, when the...
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Capuchin order. The chapel also contains the tomb of the Papal Zouaves who died defending the Papal States at the battle of Porta Pia.[citation needed] Crypt...
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John Surratt (category Papal Zouaves)
Pontifical Zouaves, in the Papal States, under the name John Watson. An old friend, Henri Beaumont de Sainte-Marie, recognized Surratt and notified papal officials...
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Central Italy (section Papal States)
central Italy was divided into two states, the Papal States and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. The Papal States, officially the State of the Church, were...
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the Quebec Home Guard, and Quebec Papal Zouaves. Quebec Home Guard rifles feature the Q.H.G. stamp, while the Papal Zouve Gras rifles are mostly only...
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