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Title: | L-erwieħ ta' Wied Għammieq |
Authors: | Bonnici, Arthur |
Keywords: | Wied Ghammieq Cemetery (Kalkara, Malta) Cholera -- Malta -- History Epidemics -- Malta -- History Cemeteries -- Malta -- Kalkara -- History Chapel of St. Nicholas (Kalkara, Malta) Malta -- History -- 19th century |
Issue Date: | 1975-11-01 |
Publisher: | Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Malta |
Citation: | Bonniċi, A. (1975, November 1). L-erwieħ ta' Wied Għammieq. Leħen is-Sewwa, pp. 4, 11. |
Abstract: | F'dan l-artiklu, l-awtur jikteb fuq ic-Cimiterju ta' Wied Ghammieq fil-Kalkara. Meta, fid-9 ta' Gunju 1837 tfaċċa fost l-anzjani ta' l-Ospizju tal-Furjana l-ewwel każ tal-kolera, l-Gvernatur Sir Henry Fredrick Bouverie ordna li dawk l-anzjani jitnehhew minn dak ic-centru hdejn l-ibliet u jittiehdu fil-Forti Ricasoli, li kien gie imbattal wara li nbena l-Isptar ta Bichi. L-epidemija qerdet 455 minn dawk l-anzjani f'40 jum, ghalekk mhux boghod mill-Forti, fil-post imsejjah Wied Ghammieq thaffru xi hofor fil-hamrija u bdew jindifnu l-igsma ta' dawk l-anzjani li mietu minhabba il-marda tal-kolera. B'hekk issawret "l-Ghalqa tal-Mejtin" jew "ic-Cimiterju ta' Wied Ghmamieq" li fih jinghad li ndifnu 855 imniggsa bil-kolera. Naraw kif matul iz-zmien kompliet tikber u tinxtered id-devozzjoni lejn l-erwieh li kienu midfuna f'dan il-post. Bis-sahha ta' din id-devozzjoni u tat-thabrik u l-hegga ta' Mons Carmelo Xuereb, meta kien Kappillan tal-Kalkara, fil-qiegh tac-cimiterju nbniet kappella fuq disinn tal-Kavallier Vincenzo Bonello. |
Description: | From the private collection of Mr Salvino |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49021 |
Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCWHMlt |
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