Scholar of Arabic StudiesBorn in Mosta in a farming family, Deguara joined the Franciscan Minors of Ta’ Ġieżu convent in Valletta in 1825, and studied literature, philosophy, and theology. He was ordained priest on 20 May 1834 by Bishop Mgr Francesco Saverio Caruana.In 1834 he went as a missionary to the Middle East, accompanying the...
