The two swords of St. Peter’s Knighthood, dated 1509. The two swords were solemnly presented by Pop
The two swords of St. Peter’s Knighthood, dated 1509. The two swords were solemnly presented by Pope Julius II della Rovere on 24.01.1509 an imperial legation on the occasion of the admission of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and his grandson Karl, later Emperor Charles V, in the St. Peters Knighthood.from The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna -- source link
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