The great saint having been stranded in Malta during a bad storm, the prevailing weather may be the ideal setting for the feast of St Paul Shipwrecked but bad news for the organisers of outdoor festivities in Valletta today. Isolated showers are forecast throughout the day. A spokesman for the Collegiate of St Paul Shipwreck said the final decision on whether to hold the procession will be taken an hour before its scheduled departure from the church. The Valletta feast is very popular as this picture by Daniel Cilia, featured in the new two-volume set The Shipwreck Of St Paul, shows.

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