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Title: | The blessing of animals |
Other Titles: | Blessing of animals...background and development Zvilupp tat-tberik tal-annimali fiI-Gzejjer Maltin |
Authors: | Lanfranco, Guido |
Keywords: | Folklore -- Malta -- Periodicals Folklorists -- Malta Manners and customs -- Malta Benediction -- Catholic Church Malta -- History -- Knights of Malta, 1530-1798 Prayers for animals Animals -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church Anthony, the Great, Saint, 251-356 |
Issue Date: | 1994 |
Publisher: | Ghaqda Maltija tal-Folklor |
Citation: | Lanfranco, G. (1994). The blessing of animals. L-Imnara, 4, (4), 98-103. |
Abstract: | In modern times, the blessing of animals in Malta has actually increased, but the present aims of this ceremony are not necessarily those of the past. The tradition is quite old, but although its origin is unknown, it was alive in the 16th century, in the time of the Knights of St. John. At that time, however, animals were blessed only on the occasion of the feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/36686 |
Appears in Collections: | L-Imnara, Volume 4, Issue 4 L-Imnara, Volume 4, Issue 4 |
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