Church of St Nicholas, Siġġiewi

Parish Church of St Nicholas of Myra
Knisja Arċipretali ta' San Nikola
Church of St Nicholas
Map
35°51′17″N 14°26′17″E / 35.8546°N 14.4381°E / 35.8546; 14.4381
LocationSiġġiewi, Malta
DenominationRoman Catholic
WebsiteWebsite of the Church
History
StatusActive
Founded1675
DedicationSaint Nicholas
Dedicated10 May 1729
Architecture
Functional statusParish church
Architect(s)Lorenzo Gafà
Architectural typeChurch
StyleBaroque
Specifications
Number of domes7
Number of spires2
MaterialsLimestone
Administration
ArchdioceseMalta
ParishSiġġiewi
Clergy
ArchbishopCharles Scicluna
ArchpriestJosef Mifsud
Laity
Director of musicMro. Hermann Farrugia Frantz
SacristanCarlos Borg

The Church of St Nicholas is the Roman Catholic parish church of Siġġiewi, Malta, dedicated to Nicholas of Bari. It was built in the late 17th century and it took over the function of an older parish church which was located elsewhere in the village and which now lies in ruins.

Original church

Main article: Old Church of Siġġiewi

Siġġiewi was listed as one of Malta's first parishes by Bishop Senatore de Mello in his rollo of 1436. The old parish church was located in another part of the village, and it was built and enlarged gradually between the 15th and early 17th centuries. The building was abandoned and partially demolished after the present parish church was built, but some ruins still stand and they were classified as a heritage site in 1998 and were restored in 2007.[1]

Present church

Interior of the church

The present church of St Nicholas was built between 1675 and 1693. The church was consecrated on May 10, 1729. In 1862 the church was enlarged on the plans of Nikol Zammit. The side aisles, dome and portico were added. Every June the annual feast of Saint Nicholas is celebrated with great solemnity while on December 6 the liturgical feast of the saint is celebrated.

The titular painting in the church is by the artist Mattia Preti, 'Il calabrese', who was also responsible for the painting on the vault of St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta. The wooden statue which is carried in procession in the city feast day (the last Sunday of June) was sculptured by Pietro Felici in 1736. Fours years earlier, in 1732, the same sculptor had produced the stone statue which still stands in the centre of the square. On its pedestal there is a prayer in Latin which implores the saint to bless the fields which the faithful laboriously till.

The church is listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Saliba, Paul C. (2006–2007). "The conservation project and archaeological excavation of the old Parish Church at Siggiewi – an intermediate report" (PDF). Malta Archaeological Review (8): 49–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Parish Church of St Nicholas of Bari" (PDF). National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands. 28 March 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

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