ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 16th February WELCOME! SAINT PAUL SHIPWRECKED ➡️ The Conversion of Saint Paul - January 25 For readily apparent reasons the feast of 'St Paul’s Shipwreck' has special significance to Malta and its people. The location of the event was on the island of Melita (the island's Roman name) in around A.D. 60, making the country one of only eighteen modern nations to be mentioned in the Bible. THE ISLAND MELITA According to the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, St Paul was being taken to Rome to be tried as a political rebel. However, the ship carrying him and some 274 others were caught in a violent storm only to be wrecked two weeks later on the Maltese coast, all aboard got safely to the island. THE ACTUAL SITE OF THE WRECK Even though the actual site of the wreck is a mystery by tradition the event took place in and around St Paul’s Bay and St Paul’s Island, today a statue sits in commemoration of the even...