Church building

Bon Kunsill Church, Żejtun

Malta Żejtun
Bon Kunsill Church, Żejtun
Bon Kunsill Church, Żejtun · Wikipedia

About

Our Lady of Good Counsel Church (Maltese: Il-Knisja tal-Madonna tal-Bon Kunsill), is a church located in Żejtun, Malta.

Bon Kunsill Church, Żejtun

The church is the private chapel of the adjacent Ædes Danielis built by the Testaferrata Bonici family who also built the nearby St Angelo's Church.

Bon Kunsill Church, Żejtun

A permission to build the chapel was given on 7 April, 1753. through the initiative of Neriku Testaferrata and blessed by Archbishop Paul Alphéran de Bussan.

The chapel was consecrated by Archbishop Pietro Pace on December 8, 1891.

Bon Kunsill Church, Żejtun

In the 1980s the church was ransacked and a sizable amount of priceless valuables were stolen. The church remains the private property of the Testaferrata Bonnici family.