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Title: | History of education in Malta : the public school of Arabic in the 17th century |
Authors: | Fenech, Edward |
Keywords: | Arabic language -- Study and teaching -- Malta -- History Education -- Malta -- 17th century Public schools -- Malta -- 17th century |
Issue Date: | 1979 |
Publisher: | Midsea Books Ltd. |
Citation: | Fenech, E. (1979). History of education in Malta: the public school of Arabic in the 17th century. Heritage: an Encyclopedia of Maltese Culture and Civilization, 19, 371-374. |
Abstract: | The Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of Faith established the first public school for the teaching of Arabic in Malta by means of a decree issued on 22 September 1637. The person responsible for the erection of this school was the Inquisitor Mgr. Fabio Chigi (later Pope Alexander VII). For this purpose Mgr. M. J. Balaguer. Bishop of Malta. instituted an ecclesiastical benefice by offering a stretch of arable land and some buildings in the limits of Għajnsielem. Gozo. This is known as the benefice Ta` l-lsqof, or Ta` Santa Ċilja, or Ta` Santa Ċeċilja. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/47096 |
Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCWHMlt |
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