Giovanni Francesco Abela (1582-1655) was a Maltese of noble birth who in the early 17th century wrote an important work on Malta, Malta illustrata con le sue Antichità ed altre Notizie (Malta illustrated, with its Antiquities, and other information). He is buried in the Chapel of Our Lady of Filermos (today the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament) in the Co-Cathedral of St. John in Valletta. Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events May 10 - English troops land on Jamaica March 25 - Saturns largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens. ...
He was a pupil of the Carracci and of Francesco Albani.
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1982 marked the fourth centenary of the birth of GiovanniFrancescoAbela who was born in Valletta in the year 1582, barely 17 years after that most notable and noble event in Maltese history, the Great Siege of Malta by the Turks.
Which requests Abela left to the discretion and good will of the Jesuit Fathers, being certain that with them a simple request was equivalent to the imposition of obligations with others.
The two relatives, whom Abela was supposed to designate as heirs to the usufruct of the Casino, are named as being the Chierico Don Eugenio Testaferrata and Trofimo Borgio Habela, but they are plainly excluded from the inheritance in order to enable the Jesuits to take over its administration immediately after Abelas death.
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