Paul the Apostle, who wrote several of the New Testament books, experienced significant persecution among Romans and Jews during missionary trips between Rome and Jerusalem. During his last trip to Rome where he hoped to appeal his plight to Caesar, he was shipwrecked along Malta’s coast in 60 AD. St. Paul’s Cathedral is reportedly built on the site where Malta’s governor was converted to Christianity after the apostle miraculously cured his father and several other islanders. Since then St. Paul has been the island’s patron saint.
