Collegiate Parish Church of St Paul's Shipwreck

[2]: 6 The church building is listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands.

[4] The church hosts fine artistic works, including the magnificent altarpiece by Matteo Perez d'Aleccio, the paintings by Attilio Palombi, and Giuseppe Calì.

[2]: 8, 15, 35  The wooden titular statue of St Paul was carved in 1659 by Melchiorre Cafà, the brother of Lorenzo Gafà who designed the dome.

[2]: 42, 18  The statue is paraded through the streets of Valletta on the feast day of St Paul's Shipwreck, February 10.

[1][5] One can also view the relic of the right wrist-bone of St Paul, and part of the column from San Paolo alle Tre Fontane, on which the saint was beheaded in Rome.

Main altar
Relic of St. Paul
Part of the column on which the saint was beheaded in Rome
Coat of arms of Valletta
Coat of arms of Valletta