A renowned scholar and author, Monsignor Salvatore Cumbo served as Vicar General of the Diocese of Malta. Born in Valletta, Malta, to Vincenzo Cumbo and Antonia Vassallo, Salvatore attended Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood at the early age of 22.
Graduating with a doctorate in divinity, Cumbo started lecturing literature, theology and ethics at the University of Malta in 1835. Known for his contributions as an academic and educationalist in the promotion of the Maltese language, he advocated that Maltese was a language in its own right, and not a dialect of Arabic, championing its cause in education as the mother tongue.
Cumbo was an accomplished polyglot, conducting comparative study of Maltese alongside other semitic languages, including Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic.
Authoring the "Elogio Funebre di Mons. Gaetano Pace Forno, Arcivescovo di Rodi, Vescovo di Malta" in 1874 he was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese by Bishop Carmelo Scicluna. Involved in political matters, in the general election for the Council of Government of October 1854, he polled an equal number of votes with a rival but withdrew at the next round and was thus not elected.
Monsignor Cumbo died of a stroke at his residence in Valletta on March 22, 1877, at 5.15 am., aged 67. He was buried at the Mdina Cathedral.
Graduating with a doctorate in divinity, Cumbo started lecturing literature, theology and ethics at the University of Malta in 1835. Known for his contributions as an academic and educationalist in the promotion of the Maltese language, he advocated that Maltese was a language in its own right, and not a dialect of Arabic, championing its cause in education as the mother tongue.
Cumbo was an accomplished polyglot, conducting comparative study of Maltese alongside other semitic languages, including Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic.
Authoring the "Elogio Funebre di Mons. Gaetano Pace Forno, Arcivescovo di Rodi, Vescovo di Malta" in 1874 he was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese by Bishop Carmelo Scicluna. Involved in political matters, in the general election for the Council of Government of October 1854, he polled an equal number of votes with a rival but withdrew at the next round and was thus not elected.
Monsignor Cumbo died of a stroke at his residence in Valletta on March 22, 1877, at 5.15 am., aged 67. He was buried at the Mdina Cathedral.
A renowned scholar and author, Monsignor Salvatore Cumbo served as Vicar General of the Diocese of Malta. Born in Valletta, Malta, to Vincenzo Cumbo and Antonia Vassallo, Salvatore attended Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood at the early age of 22.
Graduating with a doctorate in divinity, Cumbo started lecturing literature, theology and ethics at the University of Malta in 1835. Known for his contributions as an academic and educationalist in the promotion of the Maltese language, he advocated that Maltese was a language in its own right, and not a dialect of Arabic, championing its cause in education as the mother tongue.
Cumbo was an accomplished polyglot, conducting comparative study of Maltese alongside other semitic languages, including Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic.
Authoring the "Elogio Funebre di Mons. Gaetano Pace Forno, Arcivescovo di Rodi, Vescovo di Malta" in 1874 he was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese by Bishop Carmelo Scicluna. Involved in political matters, in the general election for the Council of Government of October 1854, he polled an equal number of votes with a rival but withdrew at the next round and was thus not elected.
Monsignor Cumbo died of a stroke at his residence in Valletta on March 22, 1877, at 5.15 am., aged 67. He was buried at the Mdina Cathedral.
Graduating with a doctorate in divinity, Cumbo started lecturing literature, theology and ethics at the University of Malta in 1835. Known for his contributions as an academic and educationalist in the promotion of the Maltese language, he advocated that Maltese was a language in its own right, and not a dialect of Arabic, championing its cause in education as the mother tongue.
Cumbo was an accomplished polyglot, conducting comparative study of Maltese alongside other semitic languages, including Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic.
Authoring the "Elogio Funebre di Mons. Gaetano Pace Forno, Arcivescovo di Rodi, Vescovo di Malta" in 1874 he was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese by Bishop Carmelo Scicluna. Involved in political matters, in the general election for the Council of Government of October 1854, he polled an equal number of votes with a rival but withdrew at the next round and was thus not elected.
Monsignor Cumbo died of a stroke at his residence in Valletta on March 22, 1877, at 5.15 am., aged 67. He was buried at the Mdina Cathedral.
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