EntityQ115608· pop 16· linked from 9 articlesAlois EstermannSign in to saveColonel, 31st Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard (1954–1998)ConnectionsVatican CityCountryJohn Paul IIEntityInternational Standard Book NumberEntitySt. Peter's BasilicaEntityThe New York TimesEntityLucerneEntityInternational Standard Serial NumberEntityCanton of LucerneEntityThunEntityPontifical Swiss GuardEntityNeue Zürcher ZeitungEntitypopemobileEntityBeromünsterEntityattempted assassination of Pope John Paul IIEntityGunzwilEntityBenemerenti medalEntityPius SegmüllerEntityUniversity Press of KansasEntitylist of commanders of the Swiss GuardEntitySaint Mary's College of CaliforniaEntityCategories1954 births1998 deaths20th-century Swiss military personnelAssassinated Swiss military personnelCommanders of the Swiss GuardSwiss military officersSwiss people murdered abroadSwiss Roman CatholicsViolent deaths in Vatican City