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St.John Co-Cathedral Valletta Malta

Blessed Sacrament

The Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, also known as Our Lady of Philermos, is a much venerated chapel. The most important remaining work is the Renaissance Cross, dating from 1532. Tradition says the silver gates, which were a gift in 1752 from two knights, were painted black to resemble course iron when Napoleon was looting St John's.

This chapel was one of the most important chapels for the Knights as this is where the icon of the Madonna of Philermos was kept. This icon drew great devotion as it was believed to be miraculous and had been in the possession of the Order since the Knights were in Jerusalem. Before battle this were the Knights prayed and when victorious the key of the fortresses captured would be presented to the Virgin where they still hang to this day. Amongst them are the keys of the castles of Lepanto and Patras.

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· Baptism of Christ, 1700-1703, Valletta, main altar of St. John's Co-Cathedral.

Sicilian bronzaro Giovanni Giardini was also cleaned and re-gilded

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St John's Co-Cathedral

November 27, 2013 · Edited

The large marble statue of the Baptism of Christ by Giuseppe Mazzuoli

The High Altar and the Gloria underwent restoration in 2000 with the collaboration of the Metropolitan Cathedral Chapter, the Ministry of Education, the Italian Embassy, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura and St John’s Museum, under the direction of the Museums Department and the National Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta. Restorations were entrusted to Sante Guido.

The High Altar restoration consisted...

The High Altar restoration consisted of the cleaning of the miniature angels, gilt bronze statuettes of vine leaves and corn ears as well as an extensive clean-up of the altar’s precious marble. The altar was designed and made in Rome by Gio Battista Contini and assembled locally in 1686. It is considered to be one of the most impressive and opulent altars of the Baroque era. The large marble statue of the Baptism of Christ by Giuseppe Mazzuoli was also cleaned from the accumulation of several layers of candle soot. The gilt bronze Gloria made by the Sicilian bronzaro Giovanni Giardini was also cleaned and re-gilded.

· Official website of St John's Co-Cathedral

http://www.stjohnscocathedral.com/

Chapels[edit]

A Cathedral's chapel

The Cathedral contains seven rich chapels, each of which was dedicated to the patron saint of the 8 langues (or sections) of the Knights. On the left side of the church there are the following chapels;

1. The Chapel of the Anglo-Bavarian Langue was formerly known as the Chapel of the Relic where the Knights used to keep relics that they have acquired through the centuries.

2. The Chapel of Provence is dedicated to Saint Michael.

3. The Chapel of France is dedicated to the Conversion of Saint Paul. This chapel was modified in the 19th century. The monuments found in this chapel are those of grandmasters Fra Adrien de Wignacourt and Fra Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc.

4. The Chapel of Italy, dedicated to St Catherine, the patron saint of the Italian section.

5. The Chapel of Germany is dedicated to the Epiphany of Christ. The titular paint is by Stefano Erardi, a Maltese painter.

6. On the right side of the church there are the following chapels;

7. The Chapel of Blessed Sacrament was formerly known as the Chapel of Our Lady of Fileremos (Rhodes). The titular painting of this chapel is Our Lady of Carafa which is a copy of Our Lady of Lanciano. Among the knight buried in this chapel there is Fra Gian Francesco Abela and Fra Flaminio Balbiano.

8. The Chapel of Auvergne is dedicated to Saint Sebastian. The only monument in this chapel is that of Fra Annet de Clermont.

9. The Chapel of Aragon is dedicated to St. George. The titular painting was painted by Mattia Preti and it is considered as one of his masterpieces. In this chapel one can find the monuments of the following grandmasters, Fra Martin de Redin, Fra Raphael Cotoner, Fra Nicolas Cotoner, Fra Ramon Perellos.

10. The Chapel of Castile, Leon, and Portugal dedicated to James the Greater. The monuments in this chapel are those of grandmasters Fra Antonio Manoel de Vilhena and Fra Manuel Pinto da Fonseca.

Other works of art[edit]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Co-Cathedral

The Beheading of St John the Baptist by Caravaggio.

St John the Baptist’s Passion is celebrated on August 29.

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he Ax: The Passion of Saint John the Baptist

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