Michelangelo Sapiano (March 19, 1826 – December 2, 1912) was a Maltese clock maker and inventor born in Mqabba, Malta.
[1] Michelangelo Sapiano was born in Mqabba in 1826, the son of Baskal and Tereża née Agius.
[2] Sapiano is best known for large clocks that were built for churches, convents and sacristies in various towns and villages in Malta and Gozo.
[2] His masterpiece is a grandfather clock which till a few years ago could be found in No.11, Pawlu Magri Street, Luqa, which is the house where Sapiano used to live as a married man.
[5] Sapiano made other precision instruments, including a weighing machine for the Malta Customs, which could take weights from 700 lbs down to a fraction of an ounce.