Senglean born, Monsignor Ignazio Panzavecchia was one of the most renowned prelates in Malta in the beginning of the twentieth century. Born in 1855 to Liborio Panzavecchia and Katarina Cuschieri, he was ordained to the priesthood on December 20, 1879. Canon of the Collegiate of Senglea, Panzavecchia served as secretary of the chapter and director of the Hospice of St. Anne. At the age of 36, he was chosen as the Church's representative in the Government Council, with Malta being still at the time, a British Colony. Being a church representative he was all out against the initiation of civil marriages in Malta.
Inspired by Catholic teachings, he was a great admirer of the Italian culture which he considered as the backbone of the European and Latin culture in Malta. In 1910, he set up the "Comitato Patriottico" with the idea that the Maltese, in a patriotic sense, would never let themselves be trampled on by the British. Pursuing his struggle so that Malta could have its own constitutional rights without at the same time showing any disloyalty to the British Government, in 1918, he took active part in the National Assembly set up by Dr. Filippo Sciberras. At the same time he founded his own political party called the "Unione Politica Maltese". In the elections of 1921, his party obtained the majority but he did not accept to take the mantle of Prime Minister, proposing instead that the post should be filled by Joseph Howard.
Monsignor Panzavecchia died on August 20, 1925, aged 70. His funeral was held the next day at the Cathedral of Mdina, where interment also took place.
Panzavecchia donated to the Cathedral a rare numismatic collection of old coins of Malta together with several manuscripts belonging to Canon Fortunato Panzavecchia. He also bequeathed his library to the Dominican Priory of Vittoriosa. Unfortunately, most of these books were lost when the Annunciation Priory was hit during an air raid on April 4, 1942.
The glacie in front of Senglea's Gates is named in his honour.
Inspired by Catholic teachings, he was a great admirer of the Italian culture which he considered as the backbone of the European and Latin culture in Malta. In 1910, he set up the "Comitato Patriottico" with the idea that the Maltese, in a patriotic sense, would never let themselves be trampled on by the British. Pursuing his struggle so that Malta could have its own constitutional rights without at the same time showing any disloyalty to the British Government, in 1918, he took active part in the National Assembly set up by Dr. Filippo Sciberras. At the same time he founded his own political party called the "Unione Politica Maltese". In the elections of 1921, his party obtained the majority but he did not accept to take the mantle of Prime Minister, proposing instead that the post should be filled by Joseph Howard.
Monsignor Panzavecchia died on August 20, 1925, aged 70. His funeral was held the next day at the Cathedral of Mdina, where interment also took place.
Panzavecchia donated to the Cathedral a rare numismatic collection of old coins of Malta together with several manuscripts belonging to Canon Fortunato Panzavecchia. He also bequeathed his library to the Dominican Priory of Vittoriosa. Unfortunately, most of these books were lost when the Annunciation Priory was hit during an air raid on April 4, 1942.
The glacie in front of Senglea's Gates is named in his honour.
Senglean born, Monsignor Ignazio Panzavecchia was one of the most renowned prelates in Malta in the beginning of the twentieth century. Born in 1855 to Liborio Panzavecchia and Katarina Cuschieri, he was ordained to the priesthood on December 20, 1879. Canon of the Collegiate of Senglea, Panzavecchia served as secretary of the chapter and director of the Hospice of St. Anne. At the age of 36, he was chosen as the Church's representative in the Government Council, with Malta being still at the time, a British Colony. Being a church representative he was all out against the initiation of civil marriages in Malta.
Inspired by Catholic teachings, he was a great admirer of the Italian culture which he considered as the backbone of the European and Latin culture in Malta. In 1910, he set up the "Comitato Patriottico" with the idea that the Maltese, in a patriotic sense, would never let themselves be trampled on by the British. Pursuing his struggle so that Malta could have its own constitutional rights without at the same time showing any disloyalty to the British Government, in 1918, he took active part in the National Assembly set up by Dr. Filippo Sciberras. At the same time he founded his own political party called the "Unione Politica Maltese". In the elections of 1921, his party obtained the majority but he did not accept to take the mantle of Prime Minister, proposing instead that the post should be filled by Joseph Howard.
Monsignor Panzavecchia died on August 20, 1925, aged 70. His funeral was held the next day at the Cathedral of Mdina, where interment also took place.
Panzavecchia donated to the Cathedral a rare numismatic collection of old coins of Malta together with several manuscripts belonging to Canon Fortunato Panzavecchia. He also bequeathed his library to the Dominican Priory of Vittoriosa. Unfortunately, most of these books were lost when the Annunciation Priory was hit during an air raid on April 4, 1942.
The glacie in front of Senglea's Gates is named in his honour.
Inspired by Catholic teachings, he was a great admirer of the Italian culture which he considered as the backbone of the European and Latin culture in Malta. In 1910, he set up the "Comitato Patriottico" with the idea that the Maltese, in a patriotic sense, would never let themselves be trampled on by the British. Pursuing his struggle so that Malta could have its own constitutional rights without at the same time showing any disloyalty to the British Government, in 1918, he took active part in the National Assembly set up by Dr. Filippo Sciberras. At the same time he founded his own political party called the "Unione Politica Maltese". In the elections of 1921, his party obtained the majority but he did not accept to take the mantle of Prime Minister, proposing instead that the post should be filled by Joseph Howard.
Monsignor Panzavecchia died on August 20, 1925, aged 70. His funeral was held the next day at the Cathedral of Mdina, where interment also took place.
Panzavecchia donated to the Cathedral a rare numismatic collection of old coins of Malta together with several manuscripts belonging to Canon Fortunato Panzavecchia. He also bequeathed his library to the Dominican Priory of Vittoriosa. Unfortunately, most of these books were lost when the Annunciation Priory was hit during an air raid on April 4, 1942.
The glacie in front of Senglea's Gates is named in his honour.
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