Pietro Erardi

Fra Pietro Erardi (1644–1727) was a Maltese chaplain and painter. He was a cleric and became a chaplain of obedience of the Order of St. John in 1669, and joined the Wignacourt College in Rabat in 1683 and remained there until his death.

Erardi spent most of his life as a chaplain in this college in Rabat, today the Wignacourt Museum

Erardi came from a family of painters, being the brother of Stefano Erardi and the uncle of Alessio Erardi, and he owned a significant collection of artworks. He was himself a minor artist, and he painted a large work depicting St. Paul's Shipwreck for the parish church dedicated to that saint in Rabat. He donated some of his works to the Wignacourt College.^[1]