#Knights Order of San Martino

[andiealessandra]

A huge congratulations to our one and only;

⚔️Sir Emerson Barrett ⚔️

Knighted by his “good friend Prince Lorenzo Medici in the private church of the Italian President.”

He joined the Knights Order of San Martino.

The church was “were Michelangelo lived for a year and a half creating all the drawings for the Sistine Chapel” & of course it’s where he and Shy got engaged!!

Quotes are from Emerson’s IG yesterday.

What a fantastical honour. Literally like something out of a fairytale!

❤️❤️❤️

(We believe Remington was with him as they’ve been holidaying together in Capri.)

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[kappavision]

The majestic parish church serving the town of Floriana, Malta. Il-Knisja Arcipretali ta’ San Publiju fil-Furjana. A CHURCH RISING FROM THE FAMOUS GRANARIES The church of St. Publius rises from the vast, paved expanse known as the granaries. The ‘fosos’, as they are known in Maltese, are subterranean grain silos punctuated by large, flat, stone caps marking the top of each one. The granaries were excavated during the rule of the Knights of St. John under the Grand Master Martino De Redin. AMONG THE LAST CHURCHES BUILT UNDER THE KNIGHTS The church was, in fact, one of the last churches to be built and completed in Malta under the Knights’ rule. DEDICATED TO THE FIRST BISHOP OF MALTA The church was to be dedicated to saint Publius, the first bishop of Malta. Publius had been converted to Christianty by St. Paul himself and proclaimed one of the island’s patron saints by Bishop Gargallo in 1610. THE ROAD TO BECOMING A PARISH CHURCH The church was originally part of the parish of St. Paul of Valletta. It became a vice-parish in 1776, and was consecrated by Bishop Vincenzo Labini on 20 March 1792. It became a parish in March 1844, after a decree was issued by Pope Gregory XVI. CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE The church was constructed at several stages between the 18th and 20th centuries. Its story kicks off in 1733 when Francesco Marandon, who was the engineer of the same Order, started designing the church. The first stone of the church of St. Publius was laid down on 2 August 1733 by Bishop Paul Alphéran de Bussan, in the presence of Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena. Construction was complete by the 17th of January 1768, when the relic of St. Publius was brought to the church. The sacristy was completed seven years later and this temporarily began to be used as a small church by the inhabitants of the then newly built suburb of Floriana. NEARLY DESTROYED IN WWII Part of the church's façade and its dome were destroyed by aerial bombardment during World War II, when it was hit by bombs on the 3rd … Read the full article here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=402444757904006&set=pb.100044154563638.-2207520000..&type=3 (at Floriana, Malta) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUNmdbLouDU/?utm_medium=tumblr