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St Paul's Pro-Cathedral (Malti: Il-Pro-Katridral ta' San Pawl), officially The Pro-Cathedral and Collegiate Church of Saint Paul, is an Anglican pro-cathedral of the Diocese in Europe situated in Independence Square, Valletta, Malta. A "pro-cathedral" is a church with cathedral status though not being the main cathedral.
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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The old cathedral of Mdina, as depicted on a fresco at the Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta. According to tradition, the site of the Mdina cathedral was originally occupied by a palace belonging to Saint Publius, the Roman governor of Melite who greeted Paul the Apostle after he was shipwrecked in Malta.
The Basilica's dome (right) and the bell tower of St Paul's Pro-Cathedral (left) in the cityscape of Valetta. The present church was built to designs of the architect Ġużè Damato. Construction commenced on 30 April 1958, when the foundation stone was blessed by the Prior General.
The Cassar family moved to Valletta after the new city was built in the 1570s. Architect Lorenzo Gafà (1638–1703), who worked on a number of churches in Malta including St. Paul's Cathedral in Mdina, was born in Birgu. [21] He also designed many of the historic buildings in the Vittoriosa Waterfront area, some of which have recently been ...
The titular painting on top of the high altar depicts the Immaculate Conception with Saint Paul, Saint Lucy, Saint Vincent Ferrer and Saint Clare. Beneath the high altar, one can find the corpse of St Lucian the Martyr, brought from the cemetery of Priscilla in Rome. [3] The side altars are dedicated to St Francis of Paola and St Paschal Baylon.
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