Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Pietà
| Church of Our Lady of Sorrows | |
|---|---|
Knisja tal-Madonna tad-Duluri | |
The church's façade in 2018 | |
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows | |
| 35°53′27.5″N 14°29′48.4″E / 35.890972°N 14.496778°E | |
| Location | Pietà, Malta |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Religious order | Augustinians (c. 1617–1652) |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Founded | 1592–1593 or 1612 (first chapel) |
| Dedication | Our Lady of Sorrows |
| Earlier dedication | Saint Roch |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Style | Baroque |
| Years built | After 1757 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Bells | 2 |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Malta |
| Parish | Gwardamanġa (Our Lady of Fatima) (since 1968) Formerly
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The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (Maltese: Knisja tal-Madonna tad-Duluri) is a Roman Catholic church in Pietà, Malta. It was established in the late 16th or early 17th century near a cemetery in which victims of the 1592–1593 Malta plague epidemic were buried. It was originally dedicated to Saint Roch, but after a convent was built next to it in the early 17th century it was rededicated to Our Lady of Sorrows. The church later gave its name to the town of Pietà which developed nearby, and the present building dates back to the mid-18th century when it was reconstructed. Both the church and the convent are currently in the hands of a Catholic youth ministry.