Bon Kunsill Church, Żejtun

Our Lady of Good Counsel Church (Maltese: Il-Knisja tal-Madonna tal-Bon Kunsill), is a church located in Żejtun, Malta.

Bon Kunsill Church
The Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel
Knisja tal-Madonna tal-Bon Kunsill
Bon Kunsill Church is located in Malta
Bon Kunsill Church
Bon Kunsill Church
35°51′13.3″N 14°31′54.6″E / 35.853694°N 14.531833°E / 35.853694; 14.531833
LocationŻejtun
CountryMalta
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
Founder(s)Neriku Testaferrata
DedicationOur Lady of Good Counsel
Administration
ArchdioceseMalta

History

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The church is the private chapel of the adjacent Aedes Danielis Palace built by the Testaferrata Bonnici family who also built the nearby St Angelo's Church.[citation needed] A permission to build the chapel was given on 7 April, 1753.[1] through the initiative of Neriku Testaferrata and blessed by Archbishop Paul Alphéran de Bussan.[citation needed] The chapel was consecrated by Archbishop Pietro Pace on December 8, 1891.[citation needed]

In the 1980s the church was ransacked and a sizable amount of priceless valuables were stolen. The church remains the private property of the Testaferrata Bonnici family.[2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ Degiorgio, Stephen; Fiorentino, Emmanuel (2004). Antoine Favray (1706-1798): A French Artist in Rome, Malta and Constantinople. p. 98. ISBN 9789993210269.
  2. ^ "Our Lady of Good Counsel Feast" Wirt iz-Zejtin. Retrieved on 26 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Żejtun" Malta-Canada, Malta. Retrieved on 26 July 2017.