{"id":11,"date":"2011-04-09T18:14:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T18:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crm.rabatmalta.com\/sanpawl\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2021-08-14T09:33:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T07:33:45","slug":"kolleggjata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sanpawl.rabatmalta.com\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"Kolle\u0121\u0121jata"},"content":{"rendered":"

IL-KOLLE\u0120\u0120JATA TA’ SAN PAWL\"\"<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

Meta fi \u017cmien l-isqof ta’ Malta Monsinjur Royas, fis-sena 1575, \u0121ie l-Vi\u017citatur Appostoliku Monsinjur Duzina jag\u0127mel il-vi\u017cta pastorali fir-Rabat, huwa sab li f’dan il-post, di\u0121a minn \u0127afna \u017cmien qabel, kien hemm il-knisja ta’ San Pawl li kienet il-knisja parrokkjali tar-Rabat; u sab li din kienet tant qadima u g\u0127alhekk fi stat \u0127azin, li kienet qed \u0121a qieg\u0127da tinbena flokha knisja o\u0127ra fl-istess in\u0127awi. L-art stess li fuqha kienet, u kif inhi llum mibnija l-knisja, hija sagra, independentament mill-fatt li fuqha llum hija mibnija l-istess knisja. U hija sagra g\u0127ax fuqha u madwara min jaf kemm il-drabi g\u0127addew u mxew l-Appostlu San Pawl, l-Evan\u0121elista San Luqa, u d-dixxipli San Barnaba u Sant’Aristarku. Kien bil-fors fuq din l-art li, kif jg\u0127id il-kbir Krisostmu saru \u0127afna mag\u0127mudijiet minn dawk il-qaddisin, li min\u0127abba n-nawfra\u0121ju kien hemm b\u017conn fid-disinji tal-Provvidenza li jieqfu f’dina l-g\u017cira. Kien fuq din l-art li g\u0127all-ewwel darba t\u0127abbar il-Van\u0121elu ta’ Kristu u beda f’Malta l-Kristjane\u017cmu. Kien qrib din il-Knisja li g\u0127al tliet xhur g\u0127adda x-xitwa u g\u0127ammar fil-Grotta, San Pawl. U kien fuq din l-art li fil-qedem kien hemm wie\u0127ed mill-ewwel \u010bimiterji ta’ l-insara f’Malta. \"\"<\/p>\n

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Il-bini tal-Knisja pre\u017centi ta’ San Pawl beda wara l-festa tas-sena 1653. Dan ng\u0127iduh g\u0127ax ftit granet qabel, fit-3 ta’ \u0120unju, l-Isqof Balaguer g\u0127amel il-Vista Pastorali fir-Rabat u ma semma xejn dwar il-bini. I\u017cda meta \u017car mill-\u0121did il-Knisja fit-18 t’April 1656 huwa ddeskriva li s-sagristija u t-tribuna kienu mwaqqg\u0127in, u kien jonqos li tinbena l-koppla u l-kappelluni. Fa\u0127\u0127ar ukoll \u0127afna lil Cosmana Navarra u \u017cewgha Lorenzo Cassar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ix-xog\u0127ol li nbeda fl-1653 kien \u0121a waqaf g\u0127al kollox fl-1662 g\u0127ax ma jissemma xejn fil-Vista pastorali li saret fil-5 ta’ \u0120unju ta’ dik is-sena. \u017bgur li x-xog\u0127ol re\u0121a’ tkompla mid-19 ta’ Jannar 1664, kif jirri\u017culta mill-ftehim notarili li Cosmana g\u0127amlet fis-16 ta’ April mal-bennejja Lorenzo Gafa’ u Pawlu\u010b\u010bju Farmusa g\u0127al ispi\u017ca ta’ 1700 skud biex titkompla l-Knisja, tit\u0127affer il-karnierja u jitkompla il-kampnar li minnu kienet di\u0121a tlestiet parti. L-Isqof Balaguer fil-Vista tieg\u0127u tas-7 ta’ Jannar 1666 jikkummenta li l-knisja, li jsej\u0127ilha ‘manjifika’, kienet prattikament lesta, bil-kappellun ta’ San Anton mibni g\u0127al kollox. \"\"<\/p>\n

I\u017cda din il-knisja kellha biss kappellun wie\u0127ed u kul\u0127add kien rassenjat, l-aktar Cosmana, li fi\u010b-\u010birkostanzi wie\u0127ed kellu jistenna g\u0127al meta forsi tinqaleb il-folja biex jinbena dak tan-na\u0127a l-o\u0127ra, dak ta’ San Stiefnu. G\u0127ax l-arja tieg\u0127u, sewwa sew wara l-artal ma\u0121\u0121ur ta’ San Pubbliju kien propjeta’ ta’ l-Ordni, u donnu l-Gran Mastru kellu pjanijiet o\u0127ra u forsi ma kienx tant fer\u0127an li l-knisja l-\u0121dida se titfi l-knisja tieg\u0127u. Cosmana kompliet issebba\u0127 il-Knisja bit-titular famu\u017c ta’ Erardi li tlesta fis-sena 1678 u biz-zuntier stupend li tlesta s-sena ta’ wara, 1679. Is-sena ta’ wara, 1680, \u0121abet fer\u0127 kbir lil Cosmana g\u0127ax fit-2 ta’ Mejju n\u0127atar il-Granmastru l-\u0121did , Fra Nicola Cotoner, u dak inhar stess ikkoncenda lil Cosmana, l-propjeta’ tieg\u0127u li kellha b\u017conn biex tibni l-kappellun l-ie\u0127or, dak ta’ San Stiefnu. Fit-tmiem tax-xog\u0127ol hija bniet mhux biss il-fa\u010b\u010bata tal-Knisja tal-llum i\u017cda wkoll i\u017c-\u017cew\u0121 \u0121nub l-o\u0127ra, li jag\u0127tu g\u0127al San Publiju u g\u0127az-zuntier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

LINKS<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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  • Il-Grotta ta’ San Pawl<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Iz-Zuntier tal-Parrocca<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Il-Kullegg Wignacourt<\/a><\/li>\n
  • L-Arcikontfraternita’ tas-Ssmu Sagrament<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Il-Konfraternita’ ta’ San Pawl<\/a><\/li>\n
  • L-Istatwa ta’ San Pawl<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Il-Knisja ta’ San Pawl barra s-Swar<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Pawlu u Malta<\/a><\/li>\n
  • L-Istorja tal-bini tal-Knisja ta’ San Pawl<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Il-Knisja ta’ San Pawl fl-1736<\/a><\/li>\n

    The Collegiate Church of St Paul<\/strong> <\/span>
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    In 1575 when Mons. Royas helmed the episcopate of Malta, Mons. Duzina headed the Apostolic Visit which surveyed the Parish of Rabat. Mons Duzina found standing a very old church dedicated to St. Paul. However it was in such bad conditions that another church was being built to replace it in the whereabouts.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The ground on which the church is built on holds very sacred connotations for the people of Rabat because it is believed that it was the same ground on which St. Paul the Apostle, St. Luke the Evangelist and St. Barnaba and St. Aristarcus the disciples dwelled and preached. Chrisostomus recounts how these saintly figures baptised the locals as Divine Providence fated after the shipwreck on the island. This same ground knows the very beginning of Christianity in Malta when Salvation was preached for the first time. St. Paul spent his three month Winter stay in Malta in a grotto underneath this church. The whereabouts confine also the first Christian cemetries.<\/p>\n

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    \nThe construction of the present church started after the feast of 1653. We know this because Bishop Balaguer paid a Pastoral Visit on the 3rd June, 1653 but no mention of any construction is made in his personal journals. However Balaguer visited the church on the 18th April 1656 where he described the advanced construction of the sagristy and the tribune only. The side chapels and the dome were missing. Balaguer praised Cosmana Navarra and her husband Lorenzo Cassar for being such great benefactors.<\/p>\n

    However construction had subsided by 1662 because the Pastoral Visit made on the 5th June of that same year made no mention of any progress. Works resumed on the 19th January 1664 after the signing of the contract between Cosmana Navarra and mastermasons Lorenzo Gafa and Paoluccio Formosa in which it established that the sum of 1700 escudos were enough for the completion of the church, to dig the charnel-house and to complete the already partly built belfry. In his visit on the 7th January 1666 Balaguer describes the almost completed church as magnificent with the side chapel dedicated to St. Anthony in its advanced state.<\/p>\n

    Construction faced critical moments when works on the side chapel dedicated to St. Stephen were at a halt. The church plan allocated this side chapel beside the main altar dedicated to St. Publius which fell under the property of the Grand Master who refused to concede it. Probably the Grand Master had other plans in his mind or he was weary the new church would surpass the Order\u2019s chapel.<\/p>\n

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    Ix-xoghol li nbeda fl-1653 kien ga waqaf ghal kollox fl-1662 ghax ma jissemma xejn fil-Vista pastorali li saret fil-5 ta’ Gunju ta’ dik is-sena. Zgur li x-xoghol rega’ tkompla mid-19 ta’ Jannar 1664, kif jirrizulta mill-ftehim notarili li Cosmana ghamlet fis-16 ta’ April mal-bennejja Lorenzo Gafa’ u Pawluccju Farmusa ghal ispiza ta’ 1700 skud biex titkompla l-Knisja, tithaffer il-karnierja u jitkompla il-kapmnar li minnu kienet diga tlestiet parti. L-Isqof Balaguer fil-Vista tieghu tas-7 ta’ Jannar 1666 jikkummenta li l-knisja, li jsejhila ‘manjifika’<\/em>, kienet prattikament lesta, bil-kappellun ta’ San Anton mibni ghal kollox. \"\"Meanwhile Cosmana Navarra embellished the church in 1678 with Erardi\u2019s famous titular painting depicting the Shipwreck. The churchyard was ready in 1679. A year later in 1680, Cosmana Navarra rejoiced when the newly appointed Grand Master, Fra Nicola Cotoner conceded the much needed property for the construction of St. Stephen\u2019s chapel on the same day of his election. Apart from donating part of her riches to build the fa\u00e7ade of the church, Cosmana Navarra contributed also to the construction of the side walls leading to St. Publius\u2019 Chapel and to the churchyard.
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    IL-KOLLE\u0120\u0120JATA TA’ SAN PAWL Meta fi \u017cmien l-isqof ta’ Malta Monsinjur Royas, fis-sena 1575, \u0121ie l-Vi\u017citatur Appostoliku Monsinjur Duzina jag\u0127mel il-vi\u017cta pastorali fir-Rabat, huwa sab li f’dan il-post, di\u0121a minn \u0127afna \u017cmien qabel, kien hemm il-knisja ta’ San Pawl li kienet il-knisja parrokkjali tar-Rabat; u sab li din kienet tant … Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanpawl.rabatmalta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanpawl.rabatmalta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanpawl.rabatmalta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanpawl.rabatmalta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanpawl.rabatmalta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/sanpawl.rabatmalta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16964,"href":"https:\/\/sanpawl.rabatmalta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/16964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanpawl.rabatmalta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}