semi-gala

Updated: May 14, 2025

And finally, between two rows of Noble Guards, in semi-gala uniforms, walked the Holy Father, alone, smiling a pale smile, and slowly blessing the pilgrims on either hand.

Émile Zola - The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete: Lourdes, Rome and Paris

First came a detachment of the Swiss Guard in undress, headed by a sergeant; then a party of chair-bearers in red; and next the domestic prelates, including the four /Camerieri segreti partecipanti/. And finally, between two rows of Noble Guards, in semi-gala uniforms, walked the Holy Father, alone, smiling a pale smile, and slowly blessing the pilgrims on either hand.

Émile Zola - The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 3

And finally, between two rows of Noble Guards, in semi-gala uniforms, walked the Holy Father, alone, smiling a pale smile, and slowly blessing the pilgrims on either hand.

Émile Zola - The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete