The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . ng the early days of persecution, the flock waslong without u shepherd. In 451 there was an Aca-cius, Melitenus Episcopus, whose name is subscribedto the .\cts of the Coiuicil of Chalcedon. In 501 Con-stantinus, Episcopus Melitenensis, was present at theFifth Cicneral Council. In 5X8 Tucillus, Miletinae civi-tatis episcopus, was deposed by St. Gregory, and hissuccessor Trajan elected 1>>- the clergy and people ofMalta in 5,i!>. The las
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . ng the early days of persecution, the flock waslong without u shepherd. In 451 there was an Aca-cius, Melitenus Episcopus, whose name is subscribedto the .\cts of the Coiuicil of Chalcedon. In 501 Con-stantinus, Episcopus Melitenensis, was present at theFifth Cicneral Council. In 5X8 Tucillus, Miletinae civi-tatis episcopus, was deposed by St. Gregory, and hissuccessor Trajan elected 1>>- the clergy and people ofMalta in 5,i!>. The last bishop before the Saracen con-quest was the Greek Manas. After the Council ofChalcedon in 8(iS, he was unable to return to his see,which was Ijeing invaded l)y the Arabs, and not longafter «e find him in chains in a Saracen prison atPalermo. Of successors of his under the Arabs thereare no records, though probably such were , if probable breaks in the episcopate be no barto their claim, the Maltese can boast of belonging tothe only extant Apostolic sec. with the single exceptionof Rome. Except under Charles of Anjou, who caused. AUBERGE DE Caj^TILE, , MaLTA !2, andnearly Maltese prelates to be appointed, the Bishop of Maltawas a Sicilian. There was one Maltesebishop under the Spaniards, one Maltese and one halfMaltese under the Knights. Since 1808 all the bishopshave been natives of the island. No Maltese was al-lowed to become a knight of St. John. This arrange-ment was made with the purpose, among others, ofpre\enting the existence, within the order, of a factionsupported bv the native population. Ecclesiasticalgrades, however, were open to natives, and we find thenames of three Jlaltese who were grand priors of theorder. The clergy in JIalta have always been the naturalleaders of the people. It was a priest, Gaetano Manna-rino, who headed an abortive re\olt against the gov-ernment of the Knights in 1775. In 1788 Canon F. acquired
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