Malta claims to be the historical Melita that is mentioned in the biblical book the Acts of the Apostles.
Further evidence of Christian practices and beliefs during the period of Roman persecution appears in catacombs that lie beneath various sites around Malta, including St
 In 1525 William Tyndale used the transliteration "Melite" in Acts 28:1 for          ("After we were brought safely through, we then learned that the island was called Melita") as found in his translation of The New Testament that relied on Greek texts instead of Latin

