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St. Lawrence's Church is an old Church situated in Birgu in Malta.

In the 'Rollo' (inventory) of the benefices of the churches and chapels in Malta and Gozo, held by Bishop de Mello in 1436, ten established chapels are mentioned, amongst which the Church of San Lorenzo a Mare.

When the Order of Saint John first settled in Malta in 1530, all of the Order of Saint John's langues were based in Birgu and the natural choice fell on the Church of Saint Laurence to be used as the Order’s first Conventual Church in Malta.

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-Vittoriosa is the "new" name for Birgu (or '[[Borgo]]') in [[Malta]].
+''' St. Lawrence's Church''' is an old Church situated in [[Birgu]] in [[Malta]].
-At first the capital city of Malta was [[Mdina]] (Arabic Medina, Italian "Il Borgo" later Notabile), but when the [[Knights of Saint John]] were granted the Maltese Islands, the city of Birgu suddenly gained a greater importance and became the [[Europe|European]] portal of [[post-Muslim Malta]]. All of the [[Order of Saint John]]'s [[langues]] were based in Birgu and until the "new" city of [[Valletta]] was built, Birgu was in effect the capital city of Malta. The [[Fort Saint Angelo]], seat of the Maltese version of [["El cid"]] (Maltese "Is-Sid"), is located on one of Birgu's [[promontories]] commanding the best view of the Maltese [[Grand Harbour]] where in [[1283]] the [[Angevins]] lost a crucial battle to the [[Aragonese]] .
+In the 'Rollo' (inventory) of the [[benefices]] of the churches and chapels in [[Malta]] and [[Gozo]], held by [[Bishop de Mello]] in [[1436]], ten established chapels are mentioned, amongst which the '''Church of San Lorenzo a Mare.
-When the [[Order of Saint John]] first settled in Malta in 1530, the Church of Saint Laurence was used as its first [[Conventual Church]] in Malta.
+When the [[Order of Saint John]] first settled in Malta in 1530, all of the [[Order of Saint John]]'s [[langues]] were based in Birgu and the natural choice fell on the Church of Saint Laurence to be used as the Order’s first [[Conventual]] [[Church]] in Malta.
-After the [[Great Siege of Malta]], Grand Master [[La Valette]] renamed the city of Birgu to Citta' Vittoriosa.
-Home to many Maltese [[patricians]] and members of the [[Maltese Nobility]], it enjoyed the privilege of housing the [[Second Universita' of Malta]], but Birgu eventually lost its capital status in favour of the new city called Valletta.
-In the 'Rollo' (inventory) of the [[benefices]] of the churches and chapels in [[Malta]] and [[Gozo]], held by [[Bishop de Mello]] in 1436, ten established chapels are mentioned: The Cathedral of [[Mdina]] and the '''CHURCH OF [[SAN LORENZO]] A MARE ([[BIRGU]])''', the '[[Nativity of the Virgin]]' ([[Naxxar]] and [[Mellieha]]), '[[Saint Helen]]' ([[Birkirkara]]), '[[Saint George]]' ([[Qormi]]), '[[Assumption of the Virgin]] ([[Bir Miftuh]]), Saint [[Philip of Aggira]] ([[Zebbug]]), 'Saint [[Nicholas of Bari]]' ([[Siggiewi]]), 'Saint [[Catherine of Alexandria]]' ([[Zejtun]] and [[Zurrieq]]) and [[Saint Domenica]]' ([[Dingli]]). Reference: Galea, Timeline of Malta