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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/104671| Title: | L-istatwa ta’ San Gwann Battista 170 sena fostna |
| Authors: | Attard, Geoffrey G. |
| Keywords: | Azzopardi, Pietro Paolo, 1791-1875. St. John the Baptist (Xewkija, Malta) John, the Baptist, Saint -- Art John, the Baptist, Saint -- Cult John, the Baptist, Saint -- Processional statues -- Malta -- Xewkija John, the Baptist, Saint -- Malta -- Xewkija Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Rotunda (Xewkija, Malta) -- History Xewkija (Malta) -- History Gozo (Malta) -- History |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | Xewkija : Parroċċa San Ġwann Battista |
| Citation: | Attard, G. G. (2015). L-istatwa ta’ San Ġwann Battista 170 sena fostna. Gourgion : festa [San Ġwann Battista, Xewkija] 2015. Xewkija : Parroċċa San Ġwann Battista, 5-7. |
| Abstract: | Kien is-seklu tmintax meta fil-Gżira ta’ Malta nibtet l-idea li kull parroċċa ikollha statwa li ta’ kull sena tinħareġ proċesjonalment iddur mat-toroq tal-belt jew raħal.F’Għawdex bdiet ftit wara, proprju fl-1839 mal-wasla tal-istatwa ta San Ġorġ Martri għall-parroċċa tar-Rabat. Fit-22 ta Ġunju 1845 il-poplu tax-Xewkija laqa’ l-istatwa ta’ San Ġwann ġewwa x-Xewkija. Din l-istatwa ta’ San Ġwann giet maħduma kollha minn zokk ta’ siġra taż-żebbuġ u saret mill-iskultur Pietru Pawl Azzopardi, fi żmien il-parrokat tal-Vigarju Kurat tax-Xewkija, Dun Nikola Vella. Il-pedestall kien xogħol Salvatore Mercieca u l-bradella minn Pawlu Bugeja fl-1889, u ġiet miżbugħa mill-pittur G. Briffa fl-1943. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/104671 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCFAScu Parish of St. John the Baptist. Gourgion |
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