This public lecture explores the work of Girolamo Manduca, one of the earliest Maltese members of the Society of Jesus, and his writings on Saint Publius, the Roman official who, according to tradition, hosted the Apostle Paul after his shipwreck in Malta. Focusing on the parts of Manduca’s text that relate specifically to Malta, the lecture places these accounts within their historical context and examines how certain details came to be accepted as fact over the centuries. It also proposes a fresh perspective on how the image of Saint Publius as Malta’s first bishop and martyr may have developed in the early 17th century.
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