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29-585: [REDACTED] The Tabone coat of arms, originally located on a tower built by Clemente Tabone in 1603 Tabone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anton Tabone (born 1937), Maltese politician Ċensu Tabone (1913–2012), Maltese politician, fourth President of Malta Clemente Tabone ( c. 1575–1665), Maltese landowner and militia member Emiliano Tabone (born 1991), Argentine footballer John Tabone (born 1980), Maltese swimmer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

58-564: A local insurgent. The fleet then suppressed a Greek uprising in the southern Peloponnese before returning to Constantinople in November 1614. The attack confirmed the need of coastal watchtowers , and the construction of a tower defending St. Thomas Bay was approved on 11 July 1614. Following the attack, the Order added two transepts and a dome to the 15th-century parish church of Saint Catherine's. A narrow passage with two small windows looking at

87-561: A simple façade and a small parvis. Pope Clement I is the subject of the chapel's titular painting, which was painted in 1662 and is attributed to Stefano Erardi . The painting contains a depiction of an elderly Tabone. A small painting depicting the Pietà , attributed to Francesco Zahra , is also found in the chapel. The chapel remains intact and it is still in use. Raid on %C5%BBejtun Mediterranean The Raid on Żejtun , also known as The Last Attack ( Maltese : L-aħħar ħbit ),

116-520: Is believed to stand close to the location of a battle with the Turkish raiders. However, the exact link between the raid and the chapel is not proven by primary sources. Today the attack is remembered as a defining moment in the history of the town of Żejtun and Malta as it is the last major attack by the Ottomans on Malta. A play on the attack was written in 1996 by Trevor Żahra , a local playwright. One of

145-403: Is described in contemporary documents as consisting of rooms built around a courtyard, also containing a cistern, a small adjoining field and half of a tower (the other half of this tower seems to have belonged to the heirs of Tabone's uncle). The house at 40, St. Clement's Street has traditionally been considered to be Tabone's house. It contains a courtyard, cistern and a nearby field, matching

174-515: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Clemente Tabone Tabone was born in Casal Pasqualino (today part of Żejtun ) around 1575 to Pietro Tabone and Dorothea née Cumbo. He was the only son of a rich family, and had six sisters. On 18 March 1589, he seems to have received a clerical tonsure which brought him under the Church's jurisdiction, protecting him from the powers of

203-453: Is mostly not built. The Ingraw Tower ( Maltese : Torri Ingraw ) was built by Tabone in 1603 in Ħal Tmin or in the area of Misraħ Strejnu. It bore the following inscription, but it has been lost: Clementis clementia non-par dicto gigantum – Taboniae stirpis Gloriæ honoræ domus (meaning Clemente's clemency is said not to match that of giants – not even the glory of the Tabone's pedigree or

232-473: The Order of St. John who at the time ruled Malta . Tabone did not continue to study to become a priest. He acted as an attorney for his father during a property deal in 1596, and his father later gave him some pieces of land through two notarial deeds. He subsequently became a wealthy landowner, renting out some of his fields and buying others. His lands included a number of fields and buildings, including part of

261-442: The surname Tabone . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tabone&oldid=1042342595 " Categories : Surnames Maltese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

290-404: The 1614 raid, but no direct contemporary sources which state Tabone's exact role are known. Tabone might have been part of the dejma that responded to the cannon fire from St. Lucian Tower after the Ottomans' failed attempt to land at Marsaxlokk , or he might have been part of the cavalry force that drove the invaders out of Żejtun. Tabone was given a house in Żejtun by his father in 1596. It

319-517: The Order to prepare for an Ottoman attack. The obsolete Cittadella of Gozo was rebuilt, Valletta's water supply was secured by the building of the Wignacourt Aqueduct , and construction began on coastal watchtowers . Two hours before dawn on 6 July 1614, a considerable Turkish force of sixty ships (including 52 galleys ) under the command of Damat Halil Pasha tried to land in the bay at Marsaxlokk , but were repelled by artillery fire from

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348-489: The alert, while Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt ordered all slaves to be imprisoned and all knights to move to their guardposts. The Ottomans first sacked the Church of Our Lady of Graces in the nearby village of Żabbar , then part of the parish of Żejtun. Some of them went to attack St. Lucian Tower, while the rest of the force pillaged the village of Żejtun , which had been abandoned by its inhabitants after they heard about

377-564: The archaeological site of Tas-Silġ and salt pans in Bengħisa. Tabone built the Ingraw Tower on one of his lands in 1603, and decades later, he used part of the land acquired in 1596 to construct St. Clement's Chapel . Tabone married three times. He first married Helena Testaferrata on 11 January 1597 in Birgu , but she died the following year on 2 August 1598. His second marriage, on 3 February 1602,

406-485: The attack. The Ottomans burnt the farms and fields of the area, and they also damaged the parish church of St Catherine . The attack is described in a commemorative plaque engraved close to the main altar of St Gregory's, which states that: In the early hours of Sunday, July 6, 1614, a Turkish army landed from 60 galleys, disembarking six thousand men in the place called Ghizira in Saint Thomas' creek. The Turks raided

435-433: The coat of arms of the Tabone family can still be seen in the room's façade. Tabone had first made plans to construct a chapel in the 1620s, but when he described the wish to be buried in this chapel in his 1646 will, it is mentioned that the building was still to be constructed. Located in Ħal Tmin, the chapel is believed to have been built in 1658, since that date is inscribed on its façade beneath Tabone's coat of arms. It

464-599: The description, and the date "1624" is reportedly inscribed inside the building. However, no sources which explicitly state that the building belonged to Tabone are known, and his ownership of the building is therefore uncertain. The design of the house is similar to the auberges of the Knights in Birgu. It has a main door in the middle with an imposing window decorated with a local Melitan moulding. The building has other entrances and windows at ground floor but are simple. The upper floor

493-539: The fray, and around 50 to 60 of them were captured and enslaved. The Ottomans returned to their ships and after a failed attempt to make another landing at St. Paul's Bay , they sailed to Mellieħa to take on water and attacked the village and its sanctuary . The day after, the fleet set sail for the Barbary Coast , going to Tripoli in Ottoman-ruled Tripolitania on a punitive expedition against

522-483: The honour of the family ) The tower was built for defensive purposes since the area was prone to attacks by the Barbary pirates . A number of other towers were built in the area, including Tal-Mozz Tower in the immediate vicinity and Mamo Tower some distance away. The Ingraw Tower had been dismantled by 1927, and its stonework was used to build a nearby rural structure. A stone bearing the date "1603" and another bearing

551-676: The island. In 1565, they made a second attempt known as the Great Siege of Malta , but were repelled after four months of fighting. The Ottomans stayed away from Malta following the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, but began to make incursions to the central Mediterranean once again at the end of the century. In 1598, 40 Ottoman vessels were sighted off Capo Passero in Sicily , triggering a general alarm in Malta. Similar emergencies occurred in 1603 and 1610. This prompted

580-470: The nearby casali , arriving right up to the farmlands held under the feud of Bulebel. They sacked these townships, burnt farmland and did much damage to the main church of Saint Catherine's and all the others. Many were caught and killed, and they were made to retire back to the quays. No Christian was captured, but twenty were injured in the attack. From that day until September 11, 1614, all those born in this parish had to be baptised elsewhere. Extracted from

609-464: The newly constructed Saint Lucian Tower . The fleet then laid anchor at St Thomas' Bay in Marsaskala , and managed to land 5,000 to 6,000 men unopposed. The villagers retreated to the fortified towns of Vittoriosa and Senglea . The Turks did not manage to take them into slavery, but proceeded to sack and set fire to the surrounding towns and villages. The cannons of Valletta and Mdina sounded

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638-494: The second book of baptisms for this parish. The Order sent a cavalry regiment to attack the invaders, under the command of the knight de Compremy, but they were almost defeated by the Ottoman raiders. The knights Castellan de Castellet Cornetta and Andrea Marconeral along with some 20 other knights and Maltese were wounded in this attack. Marconeral, who had shown courage in the attack, died of his wounds two days later, and de Compremy

667-408: The towers of these forts was built high up in the thickness of the transept walls. The finding of human bones in a number of secret passages of this church was, for many years, linked with this attack. In 1658, a member of the Żejtun dejma , Clemente Tabone built a chapel dedicated to St. Clement . It is often stated that this was done in commemoration of the deliverance from the attack, and it

696-401: The village of Żejtun which had been abandoned by its inhabitants after they heard about the attack. Tabone's exact role is unclear; some sources state that he was a member of the dejma militia , while others state that he was attacked by Ottomans on the outskirts of Żejtun. He might have lost his sword during this fight. 18th-century sources state that Tabone showed a lot of courage during

725-504: Was also killed. Men from the Order's fleet under knight Mendes were subsequently sent to repel the invaders. Meanwhile, a militia force of around 6000 to 8000 men was assembled and fought the Ottomans. A member of the Maltese militia, Clemente Tabone , was noted for the courage he showed during the attack. A cannon shot from Khalil Pasha 's galley announced the raiders' withdrawal back to their galleys. Several Ottoman raiders were killed in

754-537: Was buried in the Parish Church of St. Lawrence . His son Angelo died a day after him. Tabone had an Ethiopian servant named Gregorio in 1646. In his later life, he had at least two black slaves, Gugliemo and Madalena, who were eventually set free. Clemente Tabone is mostly known for his role in the 1614 Raid on Żejtun , in which a fleet of Ottoman galleys landed some 6,000 men in St. Thomas Bay in Marsaskala and pillaged

783-446: Was described as complete in 1661. An inscription above the main doorway of the chapel reads: Clementivs Taboni ecclesia[m] qua[m] ideo vovit, edificare fecit (meaning Clemente Tabone promised a church as a vow, and because of this he built it ) It is often stated that the chapel was built to commemorate deliverance from the 1614 attack, but a definite link between the raid and the chapel has not yet been established. The church has

812-533: Was the last major attack made by the Ottoman Empire against Hospitaller-ruled Malta . The attack took place in July 1614, when raiders pillaged the town of Żejtun and the surrounding area before being beaten back to their ships by the Order's cavalry and by the inhabitants of the south-eastern towns and villages. The Ottomans first attempted to take Malta in 1551, when they sacked Gozo , but were unable to take over

841-579: Was to Margherita Pace, the daughter of a nobleman from Siġġiewi . He eventually began an extramarital affair with Aloisetta Veron, and married her on 14 January 1657. They had four children, two of whom – Dorothea and Angelo (or Archangelo) – were born out of wedlock and later legitimized. Their fourth child, Archangela, was born after Clemente's death. Tabone and his family had moved to Birgu by 1609, but he seems to have also returned to Żejtun at some points in his later life. He made wills in 1646, 1659 and finally in 1661. He died in Birgu on 11 March 1665, and

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