Fenech Sundial on St Sebastian Church, Qormi, Malta - Sundials on Waymarking.com

On St Sebastian Church in Qormi, Malta is a vertical sundial designed in 1978 by Fr. George Fenech, the parish priest. This was the first of several modern sundials designed by George Fenech. The large vertical features an analemma noon mark and lines showing the longitude correction at noon. The declination lines have the zodiac symbols.

The motto in Maltese is a quotation from Psalm 35.8, "God created the sun to rule over the day".

George Fenech was a remarkable man, starting as an electrical fitter in the dockyards of Malta at the end of WWI, later qualifying as an electrical engineer. As an engineer, he worked on the electrification of Malta with 3 phase 50 cycle power. He studied further and became Professor of Mathematics at the University of Malta. After he retired, he studied in Rome to become a priest in 1966. In his spare time he designed complex sundials involving analemma noon marks and hour lines.

When I visited Malta, a local sundial designer and architect, Alexei Pace provided me with background information on Malta's sundials and took us on a sundial tour of the island. Thank you Alexei for helping us search for sundials in Malta.

Sundial Type: Vertical - Wall mounted dial plate Related Web Site: Not listed

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