The Dominican church and priory in Rabat

Thake, Conrad

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Title:	The Dominican church and priory in Rabat
Authors:	Thake, Conrad
Keywords:	Church of St. Dominic and the Blessed Virgin (Rabat, Malta) Church architecture -- Malta -- Rabat -- History Dominican monasteries -- Malta -- History Patrijiet Dumnikani (Rabat, Malta) Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Grotto (Rabat, Malta) Dominicans -- Malta -- Biography Dominicans -- Malta -- History Dingli, Tommaso, 1591-1666 Borg, Salvo, 1662-1733 Fabri, Gerolamo, active 18th century Malta Earthquake, Malta, 1743 Debono, Petruzzo Zahra, Francesco Vincenzo, 1710-1773 Painting -- Malta -- Rabat -- History -- 18th century Zahra, Francesco Vincenzo, 1710-1773. St. Paul (Rabat, Malta) Zahra, Francesco Vincenzo, 1710-1773. Baptism of St. Publius (Rabat, Malta) Gafà, Lorenzo, 1639-1703
Issue Date:	1995
Publisher:	Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti
Citation:	Thake, C. (1995). The Dominican church and priory in Rabat. Treasures of Malta, 2(1), 16-21.
Abstract:	About 1450, three Dominican fathers — Pietro Zurki, Andrea di Morsea and Pietro di Platea, came to Malta from nearby Sicily, with the intention of establishing the first Dominican community on the island. For the location of their priory, the Dominicans selected a site close to an underground cave on the outskirts of Rabat. The grotto was a venerated site which was dedicated to the Madonna tal-Għar (Our Lady of the Grotto) after a tradition that a local hunter seeking refuge within the cave had experienced an apparition of Our Lady. [Excerpt]
URI:	https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/112518
ISSN:	10283013
Appears in Collections:	Scholarly Works - FacArtHa

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