Bibliography

Bibliography

The Archdiocese of Malta website for their list of parishes, dependent churches and details about each. (Particularly Charles Buttigieg PRO for his unselfish help both by e-mail and personally in Malta) -

http://thechurchinmalta.org/en/

The Diocese of Gozo website for their list of parishes and churches.

Anthony Scerri - My eldest brother now deceased, in whose archives I found some B&W photos of churches and chapels as they were in the late 1940s and 50s. Thanks to my nephew Noel Ciantar for scanning all the negatives and sending me the archives in high resolution.

'Descrizione storica delle chiese di Malta e Gozo' By Achille Ferres (head teacher of Valletta primary school). A description of Maltese and Gozitan churches of his time and some information about most of them. Based on a 1780 list of churches on the islands which is also included. Written in 1866. (available online on Google Books)

Malta Historical Society website - Their articles from Melita Historica and History week.

'Ghaqda Dilettanti Mudelli ta' Knejjes' website for information about some models of churches. - http://www.freewebs.com/ghaqda_dilettanti_knejjes/

MEPA 2003: Social Facilities and Community Care Topic Paper Page 125 - for List of cemeteries.

Kappelli Maltin WEBSITE - Roderick Busuttil, Noel Ciantar, Caroline Busuttil and Joe Brincat for permission to use pictures and information from their website.

Anthony M Brincat - Of 'Kappelli Maltin' who not only supplied me with missing photos but also had the patience of browsing this website and sending me corrections to discrepancies and also updates to some of the items.

Anthony Blackman (RIP) - One of my Kappelli Maltin Facebook friends. He has posted many albums of chapels and churches taken at excellent angles without parked cars in front. He has given me permission to use any of his photos on this website. I have adopted quite a number.

Rayden Mizzi - Who is one of my Kappelli Maltin friends on Facebook, has a great number of recordings of church and chapel bell plenums and also posts beautiful pictures of the said churches on Facebook. He has given me permission to use many of these pictures on this website.

Max Camilleri - An avid photographer of Maltese Chapels from his youth, an online Kappelli Maltin Facebook friend. Thank you for updating and sendin me lots of inside pictures which were lacking on this website.

Maris Zammit; Jacqueline Agius; Edward Abela; Cedric Galea Pirotta; Guzeppi Theuma and Arthur Britch - For permission to include selections of their artwork showing Chapels, in the Art section.

Borg John - For some photos of hard-to-find chapels and for his zeal in using this website as reference. I'm honoured.

Francis Ray Gregory - For permission to use his photos of St Paul Shipwreck (tal-Hgejjeg) church in St Pauls Bay before and during WWII

Oliver Mallia - For permission to use his photos of the St Nicholas church and crypt at Fort Ricasoli Kalkara.

Jeanette Ellul for permission to use her six photos of ruined churches from around WWII.

Leli Scerri - for permission to use his photos and info about the Gharghur Battery Chapel.

Stanley Borg of Trekking Malta for permission to use some of his photos.

Franz Coppini - A close friend of mine who not only sends me pictures of chapels to post on my website, but also takes me around the island whenever I'm in Malta on holiday, for the purpose of taking more pictures.

Noel Pace - for the picture of the chapel at the Police Hq Floriana.

Oliver Mallia - For photos of Churches in the past.

Fabian Mangion for his help in correcting inconsistencies in my Senglea page and sending me the detailed information for most of the churches in that same page.

Architecture Project Ltd - For permission to use their pictures and info about the chapel in Villa Cagliares of Zejtun.

Gregory Gauci - Info from his ‘Churches, chapels and oratories that used to exist in Birgu.

Joseph Galea - 1941 article in SCIENTIA: Information about the Chapel of St Nicholas at Mtarfa.

'The Graveyards of Gallipoli' website for information about Military Cemeteries in Malta.

'Malta Family History' web site for permission to use material from the page: 'Churches used by the British Forces for Marriages'

Jasmine Grech - For permission to use webshots from different YouTube presentations and photos especially the insides of churches and chapels.

Malta Churches and Chapels - A web site run by Arthur Britch from the aspect of appreciation of the Baroque Architecture in our Churches and Chapels. Permission to include some pictures of chapels and especially his architectural drawings of some of the chapels.

Joseph Zammit - Of Gozo, for permission to use some of his pictures of Gozitan churches from his online albums 'Gozofreezeframe' on the Picasa sites.

Ramblers association of Malta website - For some pictures of wayside chapels around the islands.

Maltagenealogy.com - For information about the Principi Sayd chapel at Santi area.

Malta-challenges.net - set up by an amateur group of hikers who map their walks and take photos. - For various shots of countryside chapels.

Tony Bonello – for permission to use pictures of Dingli Troglodytic church – Simblija, and Immaculate Conception chapel – l-Ahrax Mellieha.

Pierre Axiaq - Permission to use photos of chapels.

Arnold Sciberras - for permission to use some of his pictures posted online.

Mario Mizzi - for permission to use some of his pictures posted online.

Max Farrugia - for permission to use some pictures of St Paul's Bay and Sta Venera Chapels.

Fiona Vella - Permission to use inside picture of chapel of The Presentation of Our Lady in Valletta from her blog.

Joseph Mizzi - for sending me and giving me permission to use some of his pictures and information about the church of St Lucy and also other information about chapels around Kerchem Gozo.

Michael Buhagiar - for information about Zabbar and Wied il-Ghajn Catacombs and for use of pictures of chapels posted on Facebook.

'Heritage'. Encyclopaedia of Maltese culture and civilization. for Troglodytic Churches

Noel Ciantar - Info from article about St Nicholas - Ta Callus - Dingli / Rabat.

Anthony Carl Caruana - for permission to use his photos of St Mary Magdalen church from the inside.'Kappelli Maltin'

Clive Sammut - for permission to use his photos of Sta Duminka Chapel Dingli.

Fabian Mangion - Senglea's Funerary Grounds

Facebook spot friends:

Anthony Arpa

Dorian Attard

Stefania Attard Portughese

Gordon Baldacchino

Michael Balzia

Anthony Bartolo Parnis

Hose' Borg

Massimo Borg

Kenneth Briffa

Joseph Lawrence Brincat

Lance Anthony Brown

Dominic Cachia

Guido Calleja

Marisa Calleja

Joseph Camilleri

Josephine Camilleri

Richard Caruana

Elizabeth Cassar

Glen Copperstone

Joseph Degabriele

Patrick Farrugia

Tonio Farrugia

Stephen Florian

Lily Galea Pirotta

Andrew Kaci Hili

Cliff Lautier

Joseph John Meli

Mario Micallef

Simon Mifsud

Olivia Muscat

Anthony Pulis

Carmel Saliba

Benny Scerri

Charlie Scerri

Joan Schembri

Mario Sciberras

Silvan Spagnol

Matthew Tonna Gilford

Joe Vella

Nino Xerri

Jason Xuereb

Andrei Zammit

Massabielle Zammit

------ for the great volume of information they sent me and for permission to use their of pictures of chapels.

Local Council websites

Parish websites

Local Band Club websites

Unofficial websites from diverse towns and villages.

Personal and other websites too innumerable to mention.