Monastery of Saint Peter - HMML Repository
Monastery of Saint Peter
25 archival volumes containing land registers, legal documents, notarial records, historical works, account books, and church records dating from the 16th-20th century.
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Collection
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Country
Malta -
City
Mdina -
Repository
Monastery of Saint Peter -
Project Codes
Malta Series I -
Project Numbers
Nonsequential -
Type
Microform -
Microfilm Reels
24 -
Date Preserved
1973-1974, 1977 -
HMML Reading Room (first record)
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Languages
Italian; Latin -
Reading Room Collections
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Uncataloged Collections
The Monastery of Saint Peter was established as a women's Benedictine community during the early fifteenth century, and supports an adjacent church dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Benedict. The church was remodelled in 1625 by Bishop Baldassare Cagliares (1575-1633).