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Chiesa di San Giovanni di Malta

Where Via Placida, Messina

St. John of Malta's Church is a work by Giacomo Del Duca, a Michelangelo's pupil. In the Church, once the seat of the Benedictine abbey, there are the relics of St. Placido and the great scientist Francesco Maurolico (Messina, 1494-1573). The origins of the Church date back to 535, when St. Placido built the first Benedictine monastery in Sicily. In 1588, during the work of changing the main facade, designed by Giacomo Del Duca, it was unearthed a tomb of marble, with four bodies inside, plus a number of other remains in glass ampoules and clay, recognized like those of the Saint and his brother murdered by pirates. In 1086, the Church got the name of St. John of Malta, as annexed to the Palace of the Grand Priory of the Knights. In 1591, the Church became majestic, with three naves, chapels and 19 altars. The earthquake of 1908 destroyed almost completely the building. Today, inside, there is a Museum housing works by major goldsmiths and silversmiths masters in 1600, silk and gold dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the graves of famous people.

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