⛪ Mdina Cathedral

About This Sacred Site

The Metropolitan Cathedral of St Paul in Mdina stands on the site where, according to tradition, the Apostle Paul converted Publius, the Roman governor of Malta, to Christianity in 60 CE. The current Baroque cathedral was designed by Lorenzo Gafà and completed in 1703 after the original was damaged by an earthquake. The adjacent cathedral museum houses one of Europe's finest collections of woodcuts and engravings by Albrecht Dürer.

Key Facts

• •Tradition holds that St Paul converted Malta's Roman governor on this spot in 60 CE
• •The current Baroque building was designed by Lorenzo Gafà and completed in 1703
• •The cathedral museum houses a major collection of Albrecht Dürer's works
• •Mdina, the 'Silent City,' served as Malta's capital for centuries before Valletta
• •The original cathedral was severely damaged by the 1693 Sicily earthquake

Location

Coordinates: 35.8858, 14.4028