Natale Masuccio

[1][2][3] He probably started his architectural studies in Messina, since at the time of his call at the headquarters of the order he already had a mature age.

In Rome, Masuccio consolidated his training, was introduced to the early Baroque style and made contact with Giacomo della Porta and other personalities.

He was welcomed in Malta by Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt,[1] and was involved in the early stages of the construction of the Wignacourt Aqueduct between 1610 and 1612, when he left the island after being unable to solve the problem of how water would flow at Attard along depressions in the ground.

He made significant alterations to the Church of the Gesù in Palermo in 1603, and around the same time he designed the Jesuit Novitiate in the same city.

He also designed the Jesuit Church and College in Messina, and several other buildings in Trapani, Sciacca and elsewhere in Sicily.