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Peregrinatio Sancti Pavli Apostoli AD 60

Saint Paul the Apostle, together with Luke the Evangelist, were shipwrecked in Malta on their way to Rome in AD 60.

XirCammini has worked, in collaboration with the Malta Tourism Authority and Heritage Malta, on the Peregrinatio Sancti Pavli AD 60 Project (“Sancti Pauli” in short), a walk passing through various sites, including

• Saint Paul’s Bay in view of St. Paul’s Islands, where tradition holds that Saint Paul was shipwrecked;
• the church of San Pawl tal-Ħġejjeġ in Saint Paul’s Bay;
• San Pawl Milqi, one of the sites where it is thought that Saint Paul met the Roman Protos, (and first bishop of Malta) Publius, healing his father;
• Salini, where we find Paleo-Christian catacombs;
• Naxxar/Mosta (and the chapel of St. Paul of Thebes, an early Christian Copitc hermit and Saint already bearing the name of Paul;
• Mdina the old citadel where the Metropolitan Cathedral of St Paul is situated, and
• Saint Paul’s Grotto in Rabat.

After the pilgrim-walk (cammino-peregrinatio) of the first day, above, if one has a 2nd day to spare the Collegiate Parish Church of St. Paul Shipwrecked in Valletta and the Anglican Pro-Cathedral of St Paul in Valletta (yes, Christianity in Malta is united by the Saint that visited us) and the smaller one in Bormla – where according to tradition – is the place Paul would have left Malta bound for Rome

Walk

Journey with St Paul

Traditionally, Saint Paul’s Bay and Saint Paul’s Islets are identified as the location for the Apostle’s shipwreck [Acts 27, 28].

From there, walk the path of devotion to St Paul on full display in churches and grottos and through art.