Paul was being transported to Rome as a prisoner on a ship that had sailed from Adramyttium in modern-day Turkey. On the journey, the ship had been damaged by storms and was driven aground in Malta. Paul was made welcome by the islanders. When making a fire, Paul was bitten by a po...
The tradition then sprang up that after being bitten by one, Paul either drove them all out or that through his preaching all poisons were cleansed from the wildlife. What we can say for certain is that there are no venomous snakes on Malta today. Today, Malta is a densely populated ...
suffering from obsessive thoughts which caused him to suffer great anxiety, was healed by the prayers of the Irish Hermit. On another occasion, a man, bitten by a poisonous snake, was immediately