St Paul's Church Valletta Malta / Collegiate Parish Church of St Paul's Shipwreck, or the church dedicated to St. Paweł Rozbitek is one of the oldest Roman Catholic temples in Valletta, erected in 1582. The relic (right hand bones) of Saint. Paul and a fragment of a column from San Paolo alle Tre Fontane in Rome, at which the Apostle was beheaded.
Paul the Apostle is the most widely worshiped saint in Malta. After the shipwreck, which he traveled to the court in Rome in 60, he stayed for three months in hospitality at the then Roman consul Publius. This period is considered the beginning of the Christianization of the island. According to tradition, Publius converted, became the first bishop of Malta.
The church has many valuable works of art, including the altar by Matteo Perez d'Aleccio and paintings by Attilio Palombi and Giuseppe Calì. Wooden processional sculpture of St. Paweł made Melchiorre Cafà in 1659. To this day, she participates in the annual procession on February 10, the feast of St. Paweł Rozbitek.
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