In time for the feast of St Paul's shipwreck to Malta on 10th February, here is a collection of the best links and books on our father and patron saint St Paul.

This day is celebrated as a public holiday in Malta and Gozo. The shipwreck of St Paul is described in the Acts of the Apostles:27,28. Publius (who Luke calls Protos meaning leader) whose father was healed by St Paul is thought to have been the first Bishop of Malta consecrated by St Paul before he left Malta. We celebrate his feast on the 22nd January. Some think Publius might have been Maltese as it was customary for the Romans to elect a local as civil leader, rather than a Roman Governor.

H.H. Pope John Paul II will be walking in St Paul's footsteps on May 9th 2001, when he will visit Malta for the third time. His one day visit is for the Beatification of Dun Gorg Preca.

St Paul's Shipwreck [Clyde Meli]

A full colour catholic web comic book recounting Acts 27.
http://apokalupsis.com/stpaul

Butler's Lives of the Saints

A revised edition of Alban Butler's classic study of the saints..
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0870611372/maltanetworkre0a

Paul, Apostle of the Heart Set Free

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802835015/maltanetworkre0a

Pauline Traditions

An article by Guze Cassar Pullicino about the traditions on the memory of St Paul in our islands, reproduced from Malta This Month.
http://www.fred.net/malta/paulinetraditions.html

St Paul's Shipwreck in Malta [Wilfred Camilleri]

Recounts how Paul the Apostle was shipwrecked and how he preached the Gospel in Malta converting the islands to Christianity..
http://web.idirect.com/~malta/stpaul.htm

Acts of The Apostles 28

Read the passage itself from the Bible.
http://geocities.com/Athens/8360/acts28.html