Exiles from the central Italian city of Celano settled in Ħal Għargħur and built the town's oldest church, that of St. John (next to which one finds the town's graveyard).
In the south-eastern part of Malta, the għonnella was called ċulqana, while in the Għargħur dialect it was referred to as stamijna.
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In the dialects of the south-east of Malta it was referred to as ċulqana while in the dialect of Għargħur it was referred to as stamijna.
Until August 1998, this chapel formed part of the Għargħur parish, however due to circumstances within the Għargħur parish, service started being done by the Ibraġġ Church, which had also previously formed part of the Għargħur parish.
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Traditionally it forms part of Għargħur, however in the 1990s the Central Government decided that it should form part of the new Swieqi locality.
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