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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/101060| Title: | Sant' Andrija fil-basilika ta'Birkirkara |
| Authors: | Xuereb, Philip |
| Keywords: | Collegiate Basilica of St. Helen (Birkirkara, Malta) Church decoration and ornament -- Malta -- Birkirkara Collegiate Basilica of St. Helen (Birkirkara, Malta). Chapel of St. Andrew Cart ruts (Archaeology) -- Malta -- San Ġwann Wied Għomor (Swieqi, Malta) Chapel of St. Andrew (San Ġwann, Malta) Lost architecture -- Malta -- San Ġwann Dusina, Pietro, -1581 Cagliares, Baldassare, Bishop of Malta, 1575-1633 Parish Church of the Assumption, Knisja l-Qadima (Birkirkara, Malta) Andrew, Apostle, Saint -- Art Silversmiths -- Malta -- Valletta Venuti, Filippo, active 19th century |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | Luqa : Soċjetà Filarmonika l-Unjoni |
| Citation: | Xuereb, P. (2017). Sant' Andrija fil-basilika ta'Birkirkara. Festa [Sant’Andrija, Luqa], 2017, p. 201-207. |
| Abstract: | Fl-1615 l-Isqof Baldassare CagIiaris kien ipprofna l-knisja ruraIi ta' Sant' Andrija fix-xagħra ta' fuq Wied Għomor u giegħel Ii l-kwadru tagħhajittiehed fil-knisja parrokkjaIi ta' Birkirkara. Issa din il-knisja parrokkjali f'dik is-sena kien għadha dik ta' origini medjevaIi ddedikata lil Santa Marija fix-xaqliba tal-Imrieħel, in-naha l-oħra tal-Wied minn Birkirkara. Madankollu wieħed irid jgħid ukolI li f'dik is-sena diga kienet bdiet tielgħa madwara knisja parrokkjali gdida, dik Ii hi l-Knisjal-Qadima tal-lum u Ii ft-1630 fiha twaqqfet il-KolIeggjata ghall-isem ta' Santa Elena. F'din il-knisja is-sajjieda ġabru l-flus u bnew artal iddedikat lil Sant'Andrija. Meta fis-seklu tmintax inbniet il-knisja prezenti fic-centru ta' Birkirkara, I-altar ta' Sant' Andrija u kulma kien jipposjedi kien trasferit fiha. Hawn ingħataw it-tieni kappella fuq in-naħa tax-xellug int u dieħel. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/101060 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCPPRChr |
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