The brotherhoods of Corsica honor the Madonna de Noantri in Rome

ROME, ITALY - JULY 23: The brotherhoods of Corsica, the Diocese of Ajaccio, with a religious ceremony in the church of S. Crisogono in Trastevere have honored Our Lady Noantri, found by some fishermen courses in 1535 at the mouth of the Tiber, and recalled the Corsican Guard was a military unit of the Papal States composed exclusively of Corsican mercenaries on duty in Rome, having the functions of an urban militia and guard for the Pope on July 23, 2016 in Rome, Italy. The Corsican Guard was formally founded in 1603 under Pope Clement VIII . The courses of 16th century, they concentrated on Tiber Island and in the part of Trastevere lying between the harbour of Ripa Grande and the church of San Crisogono San Crisogono became the national church and cemetery basilica of the Corsican nation in Rome, and over the centuries was used as burial place of several Corsican military officers. (Photo by Stefano Montesi/Corbis via Getty Images)