A bronze monument in honour of Franġisk Portelli was unveiled at the Ta' Pinu public garden by Bishop Nikol Cauchi.

Portelli of Għarb confirmed under oath that (around 1883) he had received special messages from the Virgin Lady of Ta' Pinu. On six occasions he had heard a voice coming from the holy picture of the Virgin Lady asking him to encourage a special devotion to the hidden wound of Her beloved Son - the wound caused by the weight of the cross on his shoulders. Portelli, who was a member of the lay Third Order of the Franciscan Capuchins, died on February 4, 1926, aged 75.

The monument was cast in bronze at the Domus Dei of Rome based on the original plaster model by Alfred Camilleri Cauchi.

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