Publio Maria Sant [SEP] position held
Publio Maria Sant
Publio Maria Sant (26 August 1779 – 28 October 1864) was a Maltese prelate who became bishop of Malta in 1847.
Biography.
Sant was born into a noble family in Valletta on August 26, 1779. His father, Giovanni Francesco, was the 2nd Count Sant while his mother, Chiara Bonici-Platamone-Xara-Cassia, was the 7th Baroness of Ghariexem and Tabia in her own right. His grandfather, Baldassare Salvatore Sant, was created count by Maria Theresa, the Empress
Africa, accompanied by some Jesuits. They reached as far as the Nile Valley and tracked to Khartoum, Sudan in 1848. He gathered all the information he could about the Upper Nile with a vision of a new mission, using the Nile as a highway to carry missionary work far into Central Africa.
In 1847 Bishop Francesco Saverio Caruana of Malta died and his Auxiliary Bishop succeeded him. Casolani was appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Malta to assist Bishop Publio Maria Sant. While in Malta he took part