The Chapel of St Peter is a

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17th-century church in the village of

Qormi Qormi (, , ), also known by its title Città Pinto, is a city in the Southern Region, Malta, Southern Region of Malta, southwest of Valletta in the centre of the island. It has a population of 16,324 (as of March 2018), making it Malta's fifth-la ...

in Malta.

History

The original church was either built in the 15th or 16th century. It was visited by inquisitor

Pietro Dusina Pietro Dusina was an Italian Roman Catholic priest from Brescia who was the inquisitor and apostolic delegate to Malta between 1574 and 1575. Dusina was nominated inquisitor of Malta by Pope Gregory XIII on 3 July 1574, and he arrived on the isl ...

during his apostolic visit to Malta in 1575. He recounts that the chapel lacked all necessarily things to celebrate service, had no priest and no doors but had one altar. A yearly service in honour of St Peter was celebrated and paid for by the people living nearby. Dusina ordered that all functions in the chapel cease until new doors are installed. In 1656 Bishop

Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa Miguel Juan Balaguer de Camarasa also known as Miguel Balaguer or Michele Balaguer (1597 – 5 December 1663) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Malta from 1635 to 1663. Biography Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa was born ...

visited the chapel whilst on his apostolic visit to

. He mentions that the chapel was in a very bad state and consequently deconsecrated it. It was not until a few years later that the chapel was demolished and a new one was built instead. It was funded by a local priest Reverend Pietru Cassia or Casha.Spiteri, Mikiel (2000). ''A Hundred Wayside Chapels of Malta & Gozo'', pp. 173–174. Heritage Books, Valletta. .

Interior

The chapel has one stone altar and a painting depicting the martyrdom of

Saint Peter Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the Jewish Christian#Jerusalem ekklēsia, e ...

. The painting is a copy of the original which can be found in the Parish church of St George. The copy was painted by Neville Attard.

Present day

Nowadays the chapel is used for perpetual adoration of the blessed Sacrament. Prior to this the chapel was used for catechism.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Peter's Chapel, Qormi Qormi National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Malta Roman Catholic chapels in Malta