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The wreck of the SV Paul in 2018. In 1925 the Paul crossed the Atlantic from Cadiz to St. John, Newfoundland and loaded 2,000 tons of timber at Halifax for Dublin. On 30 October she ran into severe gales, losing many sails and her anchors; eventually grounding on the Cefn Sidan sands as without any auxiliary motive power she was unable to make an escape.
First-century historian Josephus recalled his shipwreck in the same area with 600 passengers (Josephus, Vita, 15). The 'pattern of soundings' (verse 28) and landmarks (verses 39, 41) fits the traditional identification of location as St Paul's Bay on the island of Malta, though there are other suggestions (see "Shipwreck location on Malta ...
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Main altar Relic of St. Paul Part of the column on which the saint was beheaded in Rome. The Collegiate Parish Church of St Paul's Shipwreck, also known as simply the Church of St Paul's Shipwreck, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Valletta, Malta. It is one of Valletta's oldest churches. [1]
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San Pawl Milqi ("Saint Paul the welcome or the healer" in maltese [1]) are the ruins of a Roman period agricultural villa and pagan temple, the largest ever discovered in Malta. A Christian church was built on the site based on the Biblical mention of the shipwreck of Saint Paul on the island. In the place of the current chapel there was a ...
10 February: Feast of Saint Paul's Shipwreck in Malta ('Nawfraġju ta' San Pawl') 19 March: Feast of Saint Joseph ('San Ġużepp') Friday before Easter: Good Friday ('Il-Ġimgħa l-Kbira') 1 May: Worker's Day ('Jum il-Ħaddiem') 29 June: Feast of Saint Peter; Saint Paul, patron saints ('L-Imnarja') 15 August: Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady ...
As the population grew there were petitions for the building of a church in Munxar. A small chapel dedicated to St Paul was built on the spot of the current church, during the late 19th century. After some years another petition was made to rebuild a larger church. Construction started on 2 February 1914, and was completed by 1921.