Biography: Giuseppe Farrugia (Tal-Vers)

Gozitan Prelate and ComposerFarrugia, known as Tal-Vers was born in Victoria, Gozo, and showed an early strong inclination to the priesthood. He was only 11 when the vicar general of Gozo Mgr Pietro Pace* assigned him assistant to one of the priests on call during the cholera outbreak of 1863.Farrugia studied at the Gozo seminary...