The arrival of St Anne’s statue 75 years ago coincides with Fr Agius’s death 56 years ago.
Fr Tarcisio Agius, the youngest of the 14 children of Carmelo Agius of Lija and Felicita Agius (née Muscat) of Żurrieq, was born in Żabbar on May 5, 1914. He was baptised by Fr Salvatore Gatt, vice parish priest of Żabbar, on May 7, 1914 and received the names Espedito, Stephen, Gratio and Crescentius.
Fr Tarcisio Agius chiselling the first groove into the rough wood that would became the statue of St Anne. Читать дальше...