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Old Church of St Sebastian, Qormi
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The Old Church of St Sebastian (Maltese: Il-Knisja l-Qadima ta' San Bastjan), commonly known as il-knisja ż-żgħira[1] (Maltese for "the small church"), is a Roman Catholic church in Qormi, Malta, dedicated to Saint Sebastian. It was built between 1880 and 1890 near a statue of the saint which had been erected in 1815 to commemorate deliverance from a plague epidemic in 1813. It was a parish church between 1935 and the 1980s, when a larger parish church with the same dedication was built nearby. The building was only formally consecrated in 2019, and it is now used as an adoration chapel.
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Old Church of St Sebastian | |
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Il-Knisja l-Qadima ta' San Bastjan | |
![]() The church in 2019 | |
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35°52′41.5″N 14°28′33″E | |
Location | Qormi, Malta |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Church |
Dedication | Saint Sebastian |
Consecrated | 27 October 2019 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Years built | 1880–1890 |
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Materials | Limestone |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Malta |
Parish | Qormi (St George) (until 1935) Qormi (St Sebastian) (since 1935) |
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